An intrathoracic stomach is the end stage of a hiatal hernial diaphragm and has a very low incidence. Frequently the diagnosis is made incidentally by endoscopic or radiographic investigations. There could be no clinical symptoms, however an intrathoracic stomach could be life treating. In this case we report a 61-year-old woman with an atypical presentation of an intrathoracic stomach. The pat...

A total of 16 of 86 patients (19%) with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were found to have intrathoracic disease in this retrospective study. Paratracheal, mediastinal, and hilar lymphadenopathy was the commonest manifestation followed by pulmonary lesions and pleural effusion. The lymphoma was at an advanced clinical stage in all the patients with intrathoracic disease. About one-third of the intrathor...

an intrathoracic goitre is a thyroid gland with more than 50% of its mass located below the thoracic inlet. This term can be further classified as an “incomplete” or a “complete” intrathoracic goitre. When the goitre is “incomplete,” a major portion of the goitre on the neck is visible, with its lower pole being substernal, subclavicular or intrathoracic. Conversely, a “complete” or “true” intr...

Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare dysembryonic intrathoracic neoplasm in children. It is a malignant tumour originating from the mesenchyme with a poor prognosis. We report on a 3-year-old girl who presented with respiratory symptoms and was diagnosed as having a type III PPB according to histological results attained by open biopsy. Imaging by CT and MRI revealed the exact size of the t...

hydatid cyst is a zoonotic disease that is common in the mediterranean region. thoracic wall, rib or extrapulmonary intrathoracic localization of the cysts is very rare. giant extrapulmonary intrathoracic hydatid cysts can lead to both diagnostic and treatment difficulties and can be confused with tumor. we present a case of a hydatid cyst with thoracic wall involvement mimicking tumor. we conf...

BACKGROUND Despite the high prevalence of hiatus hernia, a relatively small number of echocardiographically manifested cases have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION An 82-year old woman presented with acute retrosternal pain indicative of cardiac etiology. Physical examination and biochemical tests, as well as 12-lead electrocardiogram, were normal. A two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiogra...