This paper describes a case of functional, malignant branchiomeric paraganglioma, the third such to be reported. The patient presented with malignant hypertension and symptoms suggestive of excessive catecholamine secretion.

AIMS To investigate the association of pericardial, mediastinal, and intrathoracic fat volumes with the presence and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD), metabolic syndrome (MS), and cardiac risk factors (CRFs). METHODS AND RESULTS Two hundred and sixteen consecutive patients who underwent cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging and had a coronary angiogram within 12 months of the CMR ...

INTRODUCTION Intrathoracic migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt can be transdiaphragmatic or supradiaphragmatic. This complication causes important respiratory symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION A 7 year-old Caucasian female, hospitalized with the prediagnosis of pneumonia, was determined to have ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration at left hemithorax. A left thoracotomy was performed and the shu...

The outflow of blood from the chest during the phases of the cardiac cycle is found to be nearly equaled by a phasic inflow. The net volume change exerts very small pressure changes in the intrathoracic (intrapulmonary) air. This is not due to the distensibility of the chest wall because when allowance is made for this factor and the intrathoracic blood volume change is calculated, it is found ...

Intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis is an unusual but well-described entity. The condition is typically found in patients who have chronic hemolytic anemias, especially thalassemia. We report a case of a 38-year-old man with underlying beta thalassemia/hemoglobin E who developed intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis. The hematopoietic masses spontaneously ruptured, resulting in mass...

Intrathoracic goiters are usually located anteriorly, in the superior or anterior mediastinum, and are termed substernal or retrosternal goiters. Posterior mediastinal goiters are rare, about 10% of all intrathoracic goiters. Patients with retrosternal goiter usually have a visible or palpable cervical mass. In addition, tracheal deviation may be present with compression symptoms. Posterior med...

BACKGROUND Recently, endoscopic interventions (eg, esophageal stenting) have been successfully used for the management of intrathoracic leak. The purpose of this systematic review was to assess the safety and efficacy of techniques used in the management of intrathoracic anastomotic leak. DATA SOURCES We performed a systematic review of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PubMed to identify eligible studies...

Objective. Impedance measurement of cardiac output has struggled to become established partly because there have been only a few attempts to establish a sound theoretical basis for this measurement. Our objective is to demonstrate that there is valuable aortic flow information available from an intrathoracic impedance signal which may eventually be useful in the measurement of cardiac output by...

A 58-yr-old male was admitted with blunt thoracic and abdominal trauma. Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was performed acutely to determine the cause of intrathoracic haemorrhage. We found atrial septal haematoma and tear, which have not been described previously, and which may be useful indicators of major intrathoracic venous tears which are always difficult to diagnose. Although the o...

Background A high resolution real-time phase-contrast MRI flow technique was used to measure flow dynamics in the ascending aorta as well as superior vena cava. MRI technique based on undersampled radial fast low-angle shot acquisitions with phase-sensitive image reconstructions by regularized nonlinear inversion. Normal flow values as well as flow measurements during physiologic stress tests l...