Extrapulmonary hamartoma
Macular edema and visual outcom ...
Background Cystoid macular edema (CME) is a wellknown complication after cataract surgery, and diabetic retinopathy is reported to be an important r ...
The effect of laser unit on pho ...
Background To determine the effect of the laser unit on photodynamic therapy (PDT) spot size. Methods A calibrated Gullstrand-type model eye was use ...
The Pulfrich effect in the clin ...
First described in 1922 by Carl Pulfrich, the Pulfrich effect is a stereo-illusion thought to be caused by an inter-ocular signal latency difference ...
Delay between medical indicatio ...
Background Complicated approval procedures and limited short-term surgical capacities can result in time delays between the definition of a medical ...
Measuring macular pigment optic ...
Background Macular pigment has been the focus of much attention in recent years, as a potential modifiable risk factor for age-related macular degen ...
Geographic pattern of central r ...
Purpose To evaluate the geographic pattern of central retinal sensitivity and its resolution shortly after intravitreal injection of triamcinolone a ...
The significance of the complem ...
Background Dysregulation of the complement system has been shown to play a major role in the pathogenesis of agerelated macular degeneration (AMD). ...
Giant cell tumors that originat ...
Giant cell tumors originating from the sternum are rare. We report a case of a giant cell tumor of the sternum with radiological evidence of aggress ...
Intrapulmonary solitary fi brou ...
Solitary pulmonary nodules are sometimes detected by routine chest radiography. Although many of them are suspected to be benign tumors following n ...
Extended sleeve lobectomy for i ...
Although extended sleeve lobectomy has been used as an alternative to pneumonectomy for the treatment of centrally located lung cancer, the validity ...
Main bronchial sleeve resection ...
We applied main bronchial sleeve resections without removing lung parenchyma and bronchoplasty in two patients with metastatic lung cancer and squam ...
Pulmonary mucosa-associated lym ...
We report an extremely rare case of pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma with a pulmonary arteriovenous fi stula (PAVF). A 6 ...
Novel technique of retrograde c ...
We performed descending thoracic aortic repair via posterolateral thoracotomy using retrograde cerebral perfusion with direct cannulation into the l ...
Extrapulmonary hamartoma
We describe a rare case of extrapulmonary hamartoma. A 65-year-old man underwent videoassisted thoracic surgery to obtain a histological diagnosis ...
Extrapleural hematoma as a comp ...
Extrapleural hematoma as a complication following thoracic surgery is rare. We report a case of an extrapleural hematoma following pleural lobectomy ...
Radical resection of a giant re ...
A 63-year-old woman presented with a giant anterior chest wall tumor. She had undergone an operation 5 years previously for sternal chondrosarcoma a ...
Computed tomography fi ndings o ...
An asymptomatic 77-year-old man presented with a mass in his right thoracic paravertebral region. Calcifi cation was not detected in the tumor on in ...
Intrathoracic rupture of an ext ...
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC) is typically a slow-growing tumor with a prolonged clinical course. We describe a case of EMC that was com ...
Surgical risk of vessel injury: ...
Video-assisted right basal segmentectomy was successfully performed on a 72-year-old man with an anomalous pulmonary artery. Multidetector row angio ...
Late-onset chylothorax after pu ...
Chylothorax is a relatively rare complication of thoracic surgery. Most instances of chylothorax after pulmonary resection are diagnosed within 3 da ...
Endobronchial hamartoma with ob ...
A 60-year-old man who had diabetes had a history of hospitalization for pneumonia in the right lower lobe at the age of 57 years. He visited our fac ...
Use of demineralized bone matri ...
Traumatic sternal segments dislocation is a rare pathology that is on the increase because of road accidents. Ideal treatment is controversial as it ...
Large posterior mediastinal ret ...
Most retrosternal goiters are situated in the anterior mediastinal compartment. Posterior mediastinal goiters are uncommon, comprising 10%–15% of al ...
Acute empyema with intractable ...
Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease rarely features pleural involvement. Therapeutic strategies for this situation have not been well establis ...
Parietal pleura lipoma: a rare ...
Lipoma is a common benign tumor of soft tissues in adults. An intrathoracic location, particularly in the parietal pleura, is rare. We report two ca ...