Extracardiac murmurs originating in vessels either within the thoracic cavity or in the chest wall can be sought by applying clinical auscultation to non-precordial sites, i.e. right anterior chest, axillh, and back. Recognized causes of such murmurs include branch stenosis of the pulmonary arteries (D'Cruz et al., 1964), coarctation of the aorta (Spencer, Johnston, and Meredith, 1958), bronchi...

Traumatic abdominal wall hernias (TAWHs) are rare. They can arise from either high or low impact trauma and can be associated with significant associated injury. We present the case of a 27-year-old male involved in a high-impact road traffic accident resulting in a TAWH. He sustained significant disruption to the abdominal wall and sustained injuries to the thoracic cage. Operative management ...

INTRODUCTION Mondor's disease is a peculiar form of thrombophlebitis, involving a superficial vein in the subcutaneous fat of the breast or anterior chest wall. CASE PRESENTATION The author presents a case of a 35-year-old male Japanese patient with cord-like induration in the right lateral thoracic wall. This lesion was diagnosed as traumatic funicular phlebitis, resembling Mondor's disease....

A 50-year-old woman with aortitis syndrome complicated by aortic dissection, is reported. The dissection was observed at the level of the descending thoracic aorta by aortography and at the intimal side of the dilated aorta on CT. An aneurysm of the right subclavian artery and a diffusely thick wall of the abdominal aorta were also observed. This case suggests that the uneven wall of the aorta ...