[Thoracic endometriosis--the rare pathology in thoracic surgery].

Thoracic hematogenic endometriosis is a rare pathology. A clinical course hasn't pathognomic symptoms, because of it, the diagnosis is established due to histological study. The article presented two cases of female patients, who were suffering from thoracic endometriosis.

[Sensitivity of PET with 18F-fluorodesoxyglucose in the diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors of the lungs].

PET with 18F-FDG was administered to 46 patients with different morphological types of neuroendocrine tumors. The method appeared to be highly sensitive in the diagnosis of atypical carcinoids as well as neuroendocrine large-cell lung cancer and small-cell lung cancer. At the same time its imaging capabilities in the detection of typical carcinoids were limited.

[Spontaneous pneumothorax -an analysis of 1489 cases].

A retrospective analysis of medical history of 1489 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax was made. The patients were hospitalized to the department of thoracic surgery in municipal hospital No 2. According to the data, the incidence rate of primary spontaneous pneumothorax was noted in men during last decade in Saint-Petersburg.

[Specific medical strategy for spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].

Results of examination and treatment of 62 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax which appeared against the background of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during the period from 1998 to 2009 were analyzed retrospectively. Emergent drainage of the pleural cavity was made to all the patients at admission to hospital. Surgical intervention was fulfilled in 28 (45%) patients.