although acrometastases are rare but clinically they are considered important. their etiology is quite different from the metastases to other sites; bronchogenic carcinoma is by far the most frequent case. the prognosis is always similar to metastatic bronchial cancer with an average survival of three months. treatment may involve distal digital amputation or antalgic radiotherapy. the main dif...

Primary carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma in the tracheobronchial system is an exceedingly rare neoplasm arising from minor salivary glands. Two cases of this unusual entity were presented. All the lesions were associated with bronchial system, while neither of the patients had a history of a head and neck salivary gland neoplasm. Both cases were followed up for more than 3.5 years. Thus, furthe...

OBJECTIVE Typical bronchial carcinoids are very low grade neuroendocrine neoplasm of the tracheobronchial tree and have very good results in surgical treatment. Surgical treatment varies from bronchotomy-excision to major resective procedures. We presented our results of bronchotomy, simple excision and long-term follow-up. METHODS In Atatürk Centre for Chest Disease and Chest Surgery, 16 pat...

The Bard's syndrome is a rare desease related to miliary dissemination of gastric cancer the lungs. symptoms primary neoplasm are subclinic despite advanced proliferative process, and metastatic lesions cause many respiratory suggesting pulmonary pathology, which explain difficulties in diagnosis between numerous diseases. We report case 39-year-old man presented for chest pain, progressive wor...

Endobronchial lipoma (EL) is a rare benign neoplasm that may cause irreversible pulmonary damage distally, and may be misdiagnosed clinically as a bronchial carcinoid or malignant tumor. They simulate malignant tumors, because of the age, sex and smoking history of the patients in whom they are found. Proper management is a "must" in order to avoid serious and unnecessary complications of the l...

Patients: 318 outpatients ≥ 40 years of age (mean age 68 y, 81% men) who had an exacerbation (≥ 1 of increased dyspnea, increased sputum volume, or sputum purulence) of mild-to-moderate COPD (≥ 10 pack-y smoking history, postbronchodilator FEV1/FVC < 70%, and postbronchodilator FEV1 > 50% of predicted value). Exclusion criteria included need for hospitalization; antibiotic use in the past 2 wee...

The clinical and histological features of 53 cases of adenocarcinoma of the lung are presented. In more than one-third of the patients the tumour was a solitary nodule, raising the possibility that it might be a metastatic focus. Although histological features may suggest an origin from such sources as the kidney, uterus, ovary or bowel, nearly all such cancers are, in fact, primary bronchial t...

anomaly expressed as bronchial or esophageal cysts and usually develops above the diaphragm, however on rare occasions, does occur below the diaphragm (1). Ciliated cysts are considered benign, but are radiologically difficult to differentiate from a malignant neoplasm, which is a cystic structure in or adjacent to the gallbladder (2). To our knowledge, only a few cases of gallbladder cysts tha...

Ectopic ACTH syndrome is a rare cause of Cushing's syndrome accounting for about 15% of all cases. Small cell lung cancer and bronchial carcinoids account for about half of the cases. Malignant neoplasm has rapid and more aggressive metabolic effects. We report a 54-year-old male patient with phenotypic features of Cushing's syndrome with severe hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, hypertension an...