background: chest radiography is one of the most usual diagnostic tools for respiratory distress. objective: the purpose of this study is to assess the specificity, sensitivity and clinical value of chest radiography of neonates with respiratory distress.patients and methods: a descriptive- analytical study was conducted on 102 neonates that were in neonatal intensive care unit of imam reza and...

T he patient was a 72-year-old man with a supenor mediastinal, paratracheal mass that was first noted on a chest x-ray film obtained 3 years earlier during a hospitalization after a tractor accident. Further evaluation was not undertaken at that time given the seriousness of the patient’s trauma. The patient survived his injuries and over the following 3 years noted progressive breathlessness w...

In India, pulmonary tuberculosis accounts for 85% of cases and extrapulmonary tuberculosis accounts for 15% of cases with bone and joint involvement is seen in 1 to 3% of cases. Primary tuberculous osteomyelitis of the sternum is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. A 51-year-old male presented with 10 years history of swelling over the anterior chest wall and pain for past 6 months. Fin...

A 5-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with chest pain, fever and dyspnea. Physical examination showed normal heart sounds, diminished pulmonary sounds in the left hemithorax and a normal ECG. On chest X-ray the heart was slightly enlarged with moderate left pleural effusion. CT scan revealed pleural effusion and a hypodense mass at the apex of the heart. A cystic mass was detected...

Background: Rib osteomyelitis is a very rare form of pediatric osteomyelitis. Case report: Herein, we reported a very rare case of chest wall abscess with rib osteomyelitis and rib destruction due to Staphylococcus aureus infection in a 14-day-old preterm male neonate. The diagnosis of this uncommon disease requires a high index of suspicion due to its rarity and non-specific clinical presenta...

We described the case of a 36-year-old Turkish female with an extralobar pulmonary sequestration who suffered from chest and back pain for five years without any evidence of pulmonary infection. A chest X-ray showed an area of opacity behind the cardiac silhouette in the lower area of the left hemithorax. A CT scan of the thorax with intravenous contrast showed a 9 x 7 cm in size ovoid mass wit...

intrathoracic gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge in the thoracic cavity, is a rare but serious complication of thoracic surgeries. a 70-year-old man presented with an eight-month history of cough. he had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery eight years ago. the posteroanterior chest x-ray revealed a well-marginated homogeneous opacity at the left hemithorax with striped appearance in t...

1. Departamento de Radiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España. 2. Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España. 3. Departamento de Patología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España. We describe the case of a 72-year-old male patient with primary epithelioid angiosarcoma of the chest wall (PEACW). The patient complaine...