Herein, we reported on a case of solid type of pulmonary actinomycosis in a 10-year-old boy. He had productive cough for 40 days. Bronchoscopy was normal. Cmputed tomography revealed a solid large mass in the upper lobe of his left lung with mimicking malignant leisions. He was referred for surgery and underwent left upper lobectomy. Macroscopically, the specimen measured 13×9×5 cm and was crea...

A 61-year-old woman with adenocarcinoma of the left upper lobe of the lung and no hilar or mediastinal lymphadenopathy had a video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy. A week after operation, the patient developed fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Chest radiograph showed opacified left hemithorax with abnormal air lucency in the upper zone (Fig 1). She was treated for chest infecti...

A 65-year old female with no history of smoking reported experiencing 6 months of tightness in the chest. Chest computed tomography showed two pulmonary nodules in the left upper lobe (one in S3 segment, the other in S4 segment), one nodule in the left lower lobe and a ground-glass opacity (GGO) in the right upper lobe. Synchronous bilateral thoracoscopic wedge resections of the lung were perfo...

herein, we reported on a case of solid type of pulmonary actinomycosis in a 10-year-old boy. he had productive cough for 40 days. bronchoscopy was normal. cmputed tomography revealed a solid large mass in the upper lobe of his left lung with mimicking malignant leisions. he was referred for surgery and underwent left upper lobectomy. macroscopically, the specimen measured 13×9×5 cm and was crea...

BACKGROUND Virtual-assisted lung mapping (VAL-MAP) is a novel marking technique to assist sub-lobar resection of small hardly palpable lung tumors. Here, we present the first case of synchronous bilateral multiple lung adenocarcinomas that were successfully resected with VAL-MAP navigation. CASE PRESENTATION A 73-year-old female with multiple nodules (1 in the right upper lobe, 2 in the right...

PURPOSE We aimed to compare the intra- and interoperator variability of lobar volumetry and emphysema scores obtained by semi-automated and manual segmentation techniques in lung emphysema patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In two sessions held three months apart, two operators performed lobar volumetry of unenhanced chest computed tomography examinations of 47 consecutive patients with chronic ...