To cite: Aju R, Chaubey VK. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-203105 DESCRIPTION A 53-year-old man with a history of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) presented with worsening shortness of breath. He was diagnosed with bulky grade III follicular lymphoma 5 years ago and was in remission after receiving eight cycles of chemotherapy. The chest X-ray r...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze chest CT scans of patients with thoracic textiloma. METHODS This was a retrospective study of 16 patients (11 men and 5 women) with surgically confirmed thoracic textiloma. The chest CT scans of those patients were evaluated by two independent observers, and discordant results were resolved by consensus. RESULTS The majority (62.5%) of the text...

thoracic duct is a duct that drains the lymph from the cisterna chily into the venous angle of the cranial vena vava. thoracic duct in the horse is situated on the right side, but in rare cases the left thoracic duct has been reported. in this report the course and left position of the thoracic duct in an embalmed donkey is described. regarding many anatomical similarities between horse and don...

traumatic false aneurysm of the thoracic aorta is not uncommon. but accordingly this case is unusual in its ten year delay between injury and presentation and treatment. a victim of the iran-iraq war is presented with a false aneurysm of the thoracic aorta ten years after a bullet injury to the chest and thoracic spine. penetrating chest wounds, mechanisms of injury and diagnosis are also discu...

BACKGROUND Aerosolization of seafood and subsequent inhalation, during processing is a potential high-risk activity for allergic respiratory disease. OBJECTIVES To quantify total thoracic particulate, protein concentration and specific fish (pilchard, anchovy) antigen concentrations in fish processing plants; to determine the correlation between these exposure metrics; and to identify the maj...

Maximum vertical forces produced by flying animals can be difficult to identify unequivocally, but potentially indicate general limits to aerodynamic force and muscle power output. We used two methods (i.e. incremental addition of supplemental mass and asymptotic load lifting) to determine both the intraspecific allometry of and methodological differences in estimates of maximum flight performa...

An electrophysiological study has been made on the central relay pathway of the vago-vagal reflexes with special reference to those evoked by afferent stimulation of the abdominal vagus in cats under chloralose (50mg/kg i.v.) anesthesia. 1. Stimulation of the central cut end of the cervical or thoracic vagus nerve produced three mass reflex discharges in the contralateral cervical vagus nerve. ...

OBJECTIVES Recently, paravertebral block (PVB) has been reported to be an effective analgesic modality for post-thoracotomy pain, but there is no consensus on how thoracic PVB can be more effective. Our hypothesis that intact pleura has a significant impact on the analgesic effectiveness of thoracic PVB was evaluated. METHODS Data of patients who underwent general thoracic surgery [thoracotom...

BACKGROUND The incidence of serious complications after augmentation mammaplasty with injection of polyacrylamide hydrogel (PAAG) was high. OBJECTIVE To design a new method for healing of the cavities and cysts after augmentation mammaplasty. METHODS 102 patients in whom PAAG exceeded the breast and spread to the thoracic-abdominal walls were enrolled and divided into two groups. RESULTS ...