OBJECTIVES To verify the relationship between the angle of thoracic kyphosis, bone mineral density, and postural control in elderly women. METHODS Through a cross-sectional study, 95 elderly participants were subdivided into four groups according to the thoracic kyphosis angle (obtained by the flexicurve method) and to bone densitometry results. On the force platform and through the dynamic t...

This article describes a case of a giant cell tumor that expanded into the thoracic cavity and through the spinal canal into the vertebrae. A 36-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of back pain and dyspnea. Plain chest radiographs showed a huge mass accompanied by right pleural effusion. The mass involved the 12th thoracic spine, and the spinal cord was severely compressed. The tumor ...

The hallmark of the Lung Cancer Study Group (LCSG) was its multidisciplinary approach to cancer management, based on close collaboration among thoracic surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists, biostatisticians, and data managers. Discontinuation of funding for the group dispersed a critical mass of thoracic oncologists and had serious adverse effects on clinical trial...

A week before presentation, he noticed a stabbing pain in his right hemithorax, without dyspnoea. The pain persisted, and the patient was referred, by his general practitioner, for a chest radiograph (fig. 1). Based on these results, the patient was referred to a general hospital for further diagnostic tests. A CT scan of thorax and abdomen (not shown) revealed a large mass, which was interpret...

INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis (TB) can present both in its pulmonary or extra-pulmonary forms. Cardiac tuberculoma previously described only after autopsy is continuously seen with the advent of more advanced imaging modalities. CASE REPORT A 23-year-old male with a four month history of a progressively increasing left anterior thoracic wall mass of 5 cm in diameter was referred from oncology for...

a 38 years old male worker presented with an advanced left side retroperitoneal mass, with metastatic involvement of 11th thoracic vertebra (t11) and resultant paraparesia and paresthesia . the histopathologic examination and immunohistochemical analysis confirmed the diagnosis of paraganglioma. decompression laminectomy and fixation of involved vertebra resulted to considerable symptomatic rel...

Little is known about prognostic factors in epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE). We aimed to identify prognostic factors among various clinicopathologic and imaging features of thoracic EHEs.Forty-two patients (male:female = 20:22; median age, 49 years) of EHEs with (n = 19) and without (n = 23) thoracic involvement were included. We reviewed electronic medical records for clinical informati...

STUDY DESIGN Case report. OBJECTIVE To report an extremely rare case of hematoma derived from the ligamentum flavum within the thoracic spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Only one previous case has been reported of a hematoma derived from the ligamentum flavum in the thoracic spine. METHODS.: A 61-year-old man presented with gait disturbance and numbness below the navel. Magnetic resonance i...

INTRODUCTION Lipomas are derived from the mesodermal germ layer and are frequently encountered in adults, and account for almost 50% of all soft tissue tumors. Lipomas are classified based on their component tissues and location. A rare subtype, ossifying parosteal lipoma, accounts for 0.3% of all lipomas and occurs with intimate association with the underlying periosteum of the adjacent bone. ...