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OBJECTIVE Mediastinal and pleural drains are routinely employed following open-heart surgery to prevent accumulation of blood and fluids in the mediastinum or the pleural cavities. Chest radiographs are obtained after removal of these drains to search for a pneumothorax. We hypothesised that clinical signs and symptoms are sensitive indicators of the presence of significant pneumothorax and rou...

BACKGROUND Lung ultrasound is an effective tool for diagnosing pneumonia in developed countries. Diagnostic accuracy in resource-limited countries where pneumonia is the leading cause of death is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of bedside lung ultrasound compared to chest X-ray for pneumonia in adults presenting for emergency care in a low-income country. ...

introduction: transhiatal esophagectomy is a widely accepted approach for palliative resection of subcarinal esophageal cancers. this study was designed to evaluate the necessity of routine thoracostomy tube insertion in this technique.  methods: this descriptive study was conducted on 123 consecutive patients with esophageal cancers undergoing transhiatal esophagectomy from march 2001 to febru...

A 42-year old male presented with chest pain. Left pneumonectomy had been performed 15 years before for tuberculosis. A chest X-ray showed small left-sided pneumothorax (Fig. 1). A chest computed tomography revealed herniation of the right lung into the contralateral side (‘buffalo chest’) and a bilateral pneumothorax (Fig. 2). With oxygen supplement, chest pain was relieved and the pneumothora...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the clinical value of chest ultrasound (US) in the detection, diagnosis and follow-up of pathologic processes of both peripheral lung parenchyma and pleural space in pregnant women. FINDINGS Pregnant women admitted to Obstetric Pathology Hospital Department for respiratory diseases were enrolled. Chest US examination was performed when there was a respi...

  Solitary Fibrous Tumors (SFTs) are rare primary pleural neoplasms which have recently been reported in extra-thoracic sites. In this report, solitary fibrous tumor arising in an intra-thoracic goiter with no evidence of cervical mass in a 74-year-old obese man who was found to have a large superior mediastinal mass with tracheal deviation on Chest X-Ray is presented.