Primary tumours of the brachial plexus are rare entities. They usually present as extrathoracic masses located in the supraclavicular region. This report describes two cases of benign schwannomas arising from the brachial plexus with an intrathoracic growth. In the first case the tumour was completely intrathoracic and it was hardly removed through a standard posterolateral thoracotomy. In the ...

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare, proliferative lung disease, leading to progressive damage of their structure and member the PEComa neoplasm family (perivascular epithelioid cell tumors). In patients, solid-cystic masses described as lymphangioleiomyoma or extrapulmonary LAM (E-LAM) can occur. E-LAM foci have been in mediastinum, supraclavicular lymph nodes, liver, walls small large in...

INTRODUCTION Metastases to Delphian lymph node is rarely present in laryngeal malignancy. This report describes its frequency in patients with glottic cancer undergoing supracricoid partial laryngectomy (SCPL) with cricohyoidoepiglottopexy (CHEP). MATERIAL AND METHODS Fourteen patients (13 male and 1 female) with a mean age of 58 years underwent a SCPL with CHEP and functional bilateral neck ...

b a ckground: the management of internal mammary (im) nodes in breast cancer lacks a well-defined consensus. lymphoscintigraphy identifies up to one-third of breast cancer patients with extra-axillary drainage, which is mainly located in the im chain. our aim in this meta-analysis is to identify the lymphoscintigraphy technique variables that effect im node identification. m ethods: an internet...

Breast cancer is one of the most common types in Indonesia, and a malignancy breast tissue that can originate from ductal epithelium its lobules. In cases after surgery (post mastectomy) it necessary to carry out radiotherapy irradiation clear remnants tumor cells on chest wall local lymph nodes, namely axillary, supraclavicular, some argue internal mammary chain. The purpose this study was pro...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The supraclavicular and infraclavicular brachial plexus blocks have a similar distribution of anaesthesia, and both can be used effectively for surgeries of the upper limb. This study aimed to compare the supraclavicular and infraclavicular approaches of brachial plexus blocks, guided by ultrasound and neurostimulation. METHODS Sixty adult patients scheduled for elective u...

BACKGROUND Malignancies located in the upper middle mediastinum usually do not have a sufficiently large acoustic window to permit a conventional ultrasound guided parasternal biopsy. This study was concerned with an alternative approach whereby ultrasound is applied through the supraclavicular paratracheal window to allow percutaneous biopsy of middle mediastinal malignancies. METHODS Fiftee...