Thoracic aortic dissection is a disease of great mortality in its initial phase, but in some cases it can assume chronic course. We report a case of a patient with Stanford type A1 aortic dissection, admitted with mental confusion, dyspnea and event of severe hemoptysis. Electrocardiogram showed unspecific change and chest X-ray revealed opacification of the left hemithorax. Transthoracic echoc...

Thoracoliths are rare benign intrapleural fibrotic structures with a necrotic fat core. There are 19 previous reported cases in the literature. This case report presents for the first time, a patient with two thoracoliths within the same hemithorax. Both lesions were identified incidentally in the left hemithorax by computed tomography and remained in the same position on repeat imaging. The le...

A case of blunt traumatic rupture of the left hemidiaphragm following a traffic accident was presented. On admission the patient complained of a dyspnoea, and the physical examination of the thorax revealed the absence of breathing sound on the left side. A chest radiography and CT scan had shown the presence of the stomach in the left hemithorax. Posterolateral thoracotomy was performed. In th...

Primary mediastinal liposarcomas are extremely rare conditions often resected through standard median sternotomy or lateral thoracotomy. However, the management of a very huge mediastinal tumor involving hemithorax through these two common surgical approaches is always challenging. Herein, we report a case of applying median sternotomy with a sternum transection plus a right fourth intercostal ...

colon transit time study with radio opaque markers is a simple method for assessment of colon motility disorder in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation. appendicitis caused by metallic objects has been reported repeatedly and is very important because of its complications. we report a case of acute appendicitis that was induced by impaction of radio opaque markers after colon transit t...