To cite: Arneill M, Wilson P, Hennessey D, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013201182 DESCRIPTION We report the case of a 67-year-old man with chronic pseudo-obstruction who presented to hospital with bilateral lower leg cellulitis. His medical history included depression and anxiety. Surgical history included a perforated sigmoid volvulus t...

A 77-yr-old male was admitted for aortic aneurysm repair. His history recorded hypertension, left carotid artery desobstruction, stroke and an anterior invocardial infarction. Aspirin was discontinued 1 day before surgery. For periand postoperative haemodynamic surveillance, a Swan-Ganz catheter (7.5 Fr thermodilution catheter; Criticath; Ohmeda, Bilthoven, the Netherlands) was introduced throu...

The authors report the case of a 28-year-old female patient with a giant cell tumor originating from the rib. The tumor, measuring 25 x 17 cm, occupied the entire hemithorax and caused atelectasis of the left lung. This tumor was a benign mesenchymal neoplasm, which rarely affects the ribs. A thoracotomy involving en bloc resection of the chest wall and tumor was performed. Despite the large di...

Herniation of an emphysematous bulla is extremely rare. A 55-year-old male patient presented with complains of shortness of breath and cough for the last 10 years which had exacerbated in the last two days. The patient was a diagnosed case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chest x-ray showed bilateral hyperinflated lung fields along with loss of lung markings in left upper lobe and a th...

Pulmonary agenesis is a well-known but rare congenital anomaly of the respiratory system. It represents failure of development of the primitive lung bud. We are reporting bilobar agenesis of the right lung associated with multisystem involvement in an adult patient.

A routine chest radiograph in a 20 year old man revealed a giant air filled cavity of the left hemithorax under tension. At thoracotomy a large left lower lobe intraparenchymal cyst required lobectomy and the pathological findings were consistent with a bronchogenic cyst. Although tension bronchogenic cysts are common in infants, this case demonstrates their unusual presentation in an adult.