Complex extralobar sequestration in a 24-year-old woman.

Extralobar sequestration is a congenital acquired disease more frequently observed after birth or during infancy. In half of the cases, it is associated with another malformation. In the following case we report the observation of a 24-year-old female with right extralobar sequestration associated with a diaphragmatic hernia and containing gastric mucosa and a congenital cystic adenomatoid lung malformation.

Posttraumatic and iatrogenic foreign bodies in the heart: report of fourteen cases and review of the literature.

Objective: Our experience with posttraumatic and iatrogenic foreign bodies in the heart is presented and discussed along with a review of the literature on this subject.

Summary Background Data: Posttraumatic or iatrogenic foreign bodies in the heart can be treated either conservatively or surgically. Controversy exists about optimal management.

Lung tumors with mixed histologic pattern. Clinico-pathologic characteristics and prognostic significance.

Objective: To analyze and compare clinico-pathologic characteristics and survival between lung tumors with mixed histologic pattern and our population of resected lung tumors with single histology in the same period.

Methods: From January 1993 to December 1999, 1158 patients received resection for lung tumors. Of these, 59 (5.

Response expectancies in placebo analgesia and their clinical relevance.

Response expectancies have been proposed as the major determinant of placebo effects. Here we report that different expectations produce different analgesic effects which in turn can be harnessed in clinical practice. Thoracotomized patients were treated with buprenorphine on request for 3 consecutive days, together with a basal intravenous infusion of saline solution.