Percutaneous computed tomography-guided localization of pulmonary nodules with hook wire prior to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the use of percutaneous computed tomography (CT)-guided localization of suspicious intrapulmonary nodules with hook wire prior to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).

Methods: From April 2010 to February 2011, 15 patients with suspicious subpleural pulmonary nodules underwent preoperative CT-guided hook wire localization of the lesions, prior to VATS.

Results: Histological analysis of the resected suspicious pulmonary nodules revealed malignancy in 12 cases, 2 cases with granulomas and 1 case with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP).

Simultaneous bilateral carotid endarterectomy under local anesthesia.

A 75-year-old man with bilateral carotid stenosis and severe coronary artery disease underwent successful simultaneous bilateral carotid endarterectomy under local anesthesia. A few days later, coronary artery bypass grafting was performed with no complications.

Desmoid tumors of the chest wall.

Chest wall desmoid tumors (DT) are rare pathologic entities with microscopic features similar to, or undistinguishable from, fibromas or fibrosarcomas. From 1996 to 2001, four patients with DT were surgically managed in our department. Their ages ranged from 27 years to 43 years (mean 32.

Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Lung: A Case Report.

BACKGROUND: Primary melanoma of the lung is an extremely rare pathological entity and sparsely reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A case of primary malignant melanoma of the lung in a 41-year-old female is reported. The clinical, radiological and histopathological features are discussed.