a 38 years old male worker presented with an advanced left side retroperitoneal mass, with metastatic involvement of 11th thoracic vertebra (t11) and resultant paraparesia and paresthesia . the histopathologic examination and immunohistochemical analysis confirmed the diagnosis of paraganglioma. decompression laminectomy and fixation of involved vertebra resulted to considerable symptomatic rel...

Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynaecologic malignancy. It usually spreads out of the abdomen involving thoraco-abdominal organs and serosal surface. This disease is poorly curable and surgery, at early stage, is supposed to achieve the best survival outcome. In systemic dissemination, chemotherapy is indicated, sometimes with neoadjuvant aim. The most common clinical expressions of advanced...

Dear Colleagues and students As Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, I would like to dedicate my especial respect and appreciation for your kind regards and consideration to our journal. Fortunately, it is our pleasure to announce that Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine is now indexed in DOAJ and Magiran. Additionally we are expecting to index Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medi...

Spinal metastases are common in patients with cancer. Spinal cord compression is the initial symptom of 5–10% of patients with diffuse cancer, and about 70% of lesions are found in the thoracic vertebrae. Patients with advanced cancer are generally excluded from major spine surgery, to reduce postoperative morbidity and mortality. Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) has recently been advoca...

Spondylodiscitis is a rare disease with an incidence of 0.2--2 cases/100 000 inhabitants/year. It affects men more than women (3:1). Its predisposing factors are: diabetes mellitus (DM), advanced age, malnutrition, immunodeficiency (HIV, chronic use of steroids), substance abuse (drugs, alcohol), septicaemia, chronic anaemia and kidney failure. Cervical location is the third most frequent after...

Introduction:Surgical treatment of diseases in cervicothoracic, thoracic and thoracolumbar regions can be a challenging issue. Cooperation of the thoracic surgeons and spine surgeons can improve the outcomes and decrease the complications of patients who underwent these approaches.Materials & Methods: The participants of this study consisted of seventeenpatients suffering from different types o...

Spondylodiscitis is a rare disease with an incidence of 0.2--2 cases/100 000 inhabitants/year. It affects men more than women (3:1). Its predisposing factors are: diabetes mellitus (DM), advanced age, malnutrition, immunodeficiency (HIV, chronic use of steroids), substance abuse (drugs, alcohol), septicaemia, chronic anaemia and kidney failure. Cervical location is the third most frequent after...