An infant was born at term with a huge chest mass diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma. Treatment consisted of surgical resection and chemotherapy. We describe this very rare congenital mass and the problematic therapeutic management of such a tumor in a newborn.

cent hemithorax is seen at frontal chest radiography are often encountered. Because such an abnormality is related to various conditions, including radiographic artifacts, chest wall abnormalities, pulmonary vascular disorders with reduced perfusion, and lung parenchymal abnormalities with air trapping or compensatory overexpansion, a radiographic finding of increased radiolucency involving one...

Case Presentation A 53-year-old Chinese male underwent dobutamine stress echocardiography for evaluation of chest pain. He had a background history of previously treated pulmonary tuberculosis and depression. Baseline left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was normal. At peak intravenous dobutamine infusion of 40 mcg/kg/min, he developed retrosternal chest tightness and his systolic blood pr...

Management of locally advanced colon cancer metastases is challenging and operation carries an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The knowledge of exact sites of involvement can aid the surgeon to make a decision regarding complete resection or palliative therapy. PET/CT scan is an advantage in this setting because metabolic alterations often precede the anatomic changes; moreover, it c...

A 22 year old man was admitted to the accident and emergency department having sustained a 5 × 3 cm knife wound to the right anterior chest wall in the fourth intercostal space. He was haemodynamically stable on admission but dyspnoeic at rest. Pulse was 110 beats/min and blood pressure 106/60 mm Hg. The only abnormality on examination was dullness to percussion on the right chest wall; heart s...

Study objective: The objective was to determine whether external chest wall oscillation (ECWO) during sleep (1) reduced spontaneous ventilation while maintaining adequate gas exchange over several hours, (2) influenced the quality and distribution of sleep, and (3) increased the number of respiratory events. Design: Prospective controlled study with counterbalanced order of intervention. Settin...

Osteosarcoma (osteogenic sarcoma: OS) is the most common primary malignant bone tumor of long bones, whereas primary osteosarcoma of chest wall, especially in sternum, is extremely rare. We report a 57-year-old man with an immobile slow growing mass located in the middle of the sternum. The patient had no significant pain or tenderness and the past medical history was not remarkable. CT-scan sh...

background: this two-arm, randomized clinical study aimed to compare efficacy between topical alpha ointment and topical hydrocortisone cream (1%) in the healing of radiation-induced dermatitis in breast cancer patients. methods: the inclusion criteria comprised newly pathologically proven, locally advanced breast cancer (treated with modified radical mastectomy followed by sequential adjuvant ...