[The French mesothelioma network from 1998 to 2013].

Mesothelioma is a rare disease less than 0.3% of cancers in France, very aggressive and resistant to the majority of conventional therapies. Asbestos exposure is nearly the only recognized cause of mesothelioma in men observed in 80% of case.

[Bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: new developments].

Bronchopulmonary aspergillosis are in the news. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis raise early diagnostic problems and prevention problems in immunocompromised patients. These infections are no unusual in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

[Surgical treatment of pulmonary metastases of colorectal cancers. 8-year survival and main prognostic factors].

Objective: In order to achieve a better definition of the indications for surgical excision of pulmonary metastases in colorectal cancer (CCR), a retrospective study of the eight year survival of patients who had been operated on was carried out with reference to the principal prognostic factors.

Methods And Results: Between May 1986 and December 1997, 38 patients had an excision for pulmonary metastases for CCR. The mean delay between diagnosis of the metastases and surgical treatment of the CCR was 39 +/- 24 months (0-98).

[Mucoviscidosis: lung transplantation is always in order].

Unlabelled: THE ONLY SOLUTION: Despite significant progress in the management of patients with multiple sclerosis, lung transplantation remains the only chance for survival in those with severe respiratory failure.

Waiting List Inclusion Criteria: Lung function tests, the patientís general states and psychological and familial factors all contribute to determining inscription on lung transplantation waiting lists.

Technical Aspects: Heart-lung, monoblock two-lung and sequential two-lung transplantations are detailed according to the respective advantages and disadvantages.

[Pulmonary endodermal tumor resembling fetal lung. Low grade adenocarcinoma of the fetal lung type].

Pulmonary endodermal tumor resembling fetal lung is a rare pulmonary neoplasm, classified either within the pulmonary blastomas spectrum or as a subtype of adenocarcinoma. We report a case revealed by a fever in a 24-year-old woman. The tumor measured 9 cm and extended into the lower right bronchus.