The thoracic cavity is the rarest location of all the renal ectopic sites. We report a rare case of an acquired thoracic kidney associated with a previous congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a child with nephrotic syndrome. Although only 13 cases of the thoracic kidney in the pediatric age group have been described in worldwide reports during the past 25 years, we present the first to be associa...

Background : Solitary fibrous tumours rare spindle cell neoplasms, initially regarded as occurring exclusively within the thoracic cavity with a pleural origin. We report an unusual and case, of solitary tumor skin. Whose evolution has been marked by several recurrences after surgical excision Case Report: 49 year old man, dorsolumbar cutaneous tumor.

This case report describes the anesthetic management and ventilation technique in the surgical treatmentof traumatic diaphragmatic hernia in a dog. A 5-month-old 8-kg female terrier with a history of car accidentwas presented for femoral fracture repair. Before anesthetic induction, marked tachypnea and dyspnea werenoted. Diaphragmatic hernia was diagnosed based upon radiographic and ultrasonog...

Syringomyelia and syringobulbia are diseases in which there is a tubular cavitation of the spinal cord and medulla. CT with intrathecal injection of water-soluble contrast material (CT myelography) and, more recently, MR imaging have led to a revolution in the diagnosis of syringomyelia. Syringobulbia is much rarer than syringomyelia and usually associated with it [1]. Radiologic demonstration ...

BACKGROUND As patients with thoracic duct injuries often suffer from severe local soft tissue defects, integrated surgical treatment is needed to achieve damage repair and wound closure. However, thoracic duct chylous fistula is rare in burn patients, although it typically involves severe soft tissue damage in the neck or chest. CASE REPORT A 32-year-old male patient fell after accidentally con...

Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare invasive primary malignancy in the thoracic cavity that occurs mainly infants and children. It often misdiagnosed not treated correctly promptly due to lack of specificity clinical symptoms conventional imaging presentations. We report 2.5-year-old boy who underwent X-ray chest radiography, CT, 18 F-FDG PET/CT. PET/CT images demonstrated sizeable cystic-...

BACKGROUND Post-pneumonectomy empyema is a major therapeutic challenge in thoracic surgery. The presence or absence of a concomitant bronchopleural fistula directs treatment of this condition. When there is no bronchopleural fistula the condition is classically treated with thoracostomy drainage, irrigation and antibiotic instillation with closure. This approach is, however, associated with a s...

INTRODUCTION Adverse hemodynamic effects with severe bradycardia have been previously reported during positive pressure insufflation of the right thoracic cavity in humans. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of asystole during thoracoscopic surgery with positive pressure insufflation. CASE PRESENTATION A 63-year-old Caucasian woman developed asystole at the onset of positi...