Evaluation of hypermetabolic mediastinal-hilar lymph nodes determined by PET/CT with EBUS-TBNA and calculation of SUVmax cutoff values in differentiation of malignancy.

Computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) are the most commonly used methods for diagnosis and staging in both malignant and benign diseases of the lung parenchyma and mediastinum. Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) guided transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy (TBNA) has become widespread in recent years because it allows minimally invasive tissue sampling. PET-CT has high sensitivity in the diagnosis of malignancy but has low specificity.

Videothoracoscopic lobectomy for bronchiectasis and extrapulmonary sequestration in a case Kartagener syndrome with pectus excavatum.

Kartagener syndrome is a rare condition. A 21-year-old female patient was under follow-up for five years by the chest diseases clinic due to recurrent cough, sputum production and wheezing, and she was diagnosed with Kartagener syndrome. The patient underwent surgery, when her symptoms could not be managed by medical therapy.

An Experimental Study on Timing in Tracheal Stenosis Surgery.

Background: TNF-α, IL-6, and TGF-β are important bio mediators of the inflammatory process. This experimental study has investigated inflammatory biomarkers' efficacy to determine the appropriate period for anastomosis surgery in tracheal stenosis cases.

Methods: First, a pilot study was performed to determine the mean stenosis ratio (SR) after the surgical anastomosis.

Capitonnage method selection in pulmonary hydatidosis with purse-string or interrupted suture.

Background: Disfigurements in the lung parenchyma due to capitonnage methods may lead to long-term atelectasis. The aim of the present study was to examine whether there are any complication differences between the capitonnage applied via interrupted suture or purse-string suture.

Method: Of the total of 120 cases that underwent hydatid cyst surgery during 2007 and 2020, those that were subject to capitonnage were included in the study.

A retrospective evaluation of the pulmonary function tests and quality of life assessment surveys of emphysema patients subject to coil treatment.

Introduction: Bronchoscopic volume reduction treatments are among the important alternatives for selected emphysema patients with a dyspneic course despite optimal medical treatment. Our aim was to carry out a retrospective scan of the data for COPD patients subject to coil treatment at our center for assessing whether coil procedure has an impact on the respiratory symptom and pulmonary function tests in COPD patients.

Materials And Methods: The data of 41 patients with severe emphysema and treated with coils between 2017-2020 were evaluated retrospectively.

Superior Strategy in Benign Tracheal Stenosis Treatment: Surgery or Endoscopy?

Introduction:  Due to the variations in (laryngeal) tracheal stenosis (TS) patient groups, there is still no consensus on which patient should be treated with endoscopy or surgery. The aim of the present study was to generate an algorithm in the light of the related literature and the data obtained from a clinic where both endoscopic and surgical treatments are conducted.

Method:  A retrospective analysis was performed on the data of a total of 56 patients during 2013 to 2019.

An intrathoracic schwannoma case in F-FDG PET/CT scan.

Positron emission tomography /CT images showed a moderately increased F-FDG uptake in the mass of left lung lower lobe superior segment (SUVmax: 2.71). No pathological F-FDG involvement was detected in another region of the whole body scan.

Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in children with headache.

Introduction: The aim was to describe the findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children with headache.

Population And Methods: Retrospective review of the medical records of patients who were admitted to our pediatric outpatient neurology clinics with the complaint of headache between January 2013 and December 2014.

Results: A total of 478 patients (273 female, 205 male) were admitted with the complaint of headache.

Pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis case with diabetes insipidus and tuberculosis.

A 19-year-old male patient was observed due to having central diabetes insipidus (DI) for five years. He had a history of smoking 5-10 cigarettes a day for two years, but stopped smoking from the last month. The computerized tomography revealed thin-walled cystic lesions in different sizes more dominantly in the upper lobes and consolidated areas in the left upper and lower lobes.

Effectiveness of Palatal Mucosa Graft in Surgical Treatment of Sub-Glottic Stenosis.

Objectives: Mucosal free grafts may be successfully applied in many surgical interventions. This study aims at investigating the feasibility of palatal mucosa graft in sub-glottic field in an animal model.

Methods: This randomized prospective controlled study was conducted with an animal model.

The Right Inferior Pulmonary Vein Related Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in an Adult Case.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare neoplasm, which is derived of mesenchymal origin. Here we present an adult case with IMT, the origin of which was considered to be right inferior pulmonary vein. A male patient who was 52 years old, admitted to our outpatient clinic with the complaint of shortness of breath.

Predictors of recurrence in Sydenham's chorea: Clinical observation from a single center.

Objective: Sydenham's chorea is the most common cause of acquired chorea in children and is the major manifestation for acute rheumatic fever. Despite being known as a benign, self-limiting condition, recurrences and persistence of symptoms can be seen. In this study, we aimed to evaluate retrospectively the clinical and laboratory features of patients with Sydenham's chorea and the rate and the course of recurrences, and to assess the risk of recurrences.

The Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma in the Treatment of Rib Fractures.

 Rib fracture is the most common result of thoracic traumas. Intrapulmonary shunt, alveolar capillary membrane damage, intra-alveolar hemorrhage, and hypoxia may develop following rib fractures. Therefore, prompt treatment is important.

Early-Onset Mild Type Leukoencephalopathy Caused by a Homozygous EARS2 Mutation.

Childhood leukoencephalopathies are a broad class of diseases, which are extremely rare. The treatment and classification of these disorders are both challenging. Nearly half of children presenting with a leukoencephalopathy remain without a specific diagnosis.

A Case of Idiopathic Subglottic and Bilateral Bronchial Stenosis.

Subglottic stenosis is rarely idiopathic. In this case report, a 40-year-old female patient presented with subglottic stenosis with an unidentified etiology along with bilateral bronchial stenosis. Hoarseness arose in the last 4 years in this patient, who was undergoing treatment because of asthma for 13 years.

Two concomitant congenital lung malformations mimicking a paravertebral mass.

We report the case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with the unique asymptomatic malformation of an extralobar pulmonary sequestration communicating with a bronchogenic cyst. Despite computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the chest, the diagnosis could not be established before a left thoracotomy was performed. The sequestrated lobe and bronchogenic cyst were then successfully resected.

The impact of the type of resection on survival in patients with N1 non-small-cell lung cancers.

Objective: Complete resection is the therapy of choice in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). There is no agreement on the type of resection, especially when interlobar N1 disease is present. The present study explored the effect of the type of resection on survival in the presence of N1 disease.

Prognostic significance of surgical-pathologic N1 lymph node involvement in non-small cell lung cancer.

Background: Patients with N1 non-small cell lung cancer represent a heterogeneous population with varying long-term survival. To better define the importance of N1 disease and its subgroups in non-small cell lung cancer staging, we analyzed patients with N1 disease using the sixth edition and proposed seventh edition TNM classifications.

Methods: From January 1995 to November 2006, 540 patients with N1 non-small cell lung cancer who had at least lobectomy with systematic mediastinal lymphadenectomy were analyzed retrospectively.

Bedside talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion: factors affecting success.

Introduction: To determine the factors affecting the success of bedside talc slurry (TS) used for symptomatic treatment of patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE).

Methods: Data of 113 effusions in 103 MPE patients treated between 1999 and 2007 were retrospectively evaluated for the study. The study group involved 73 patients whose follow-up information was available out of 81 patients treated by TS.

Antibiotics are not needed during tube thoracostomy for spontaneous pneumothorax: an observational case study.

Background: Usefulness of prophylactic antibiotics following tube thoracostomy remains controversial in the literature. In this study, we aimed to investigate the consequences of closed tube thoracostomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax without the use of antibiotics.

Methods: One-hundred and nineteen patients underwent tube thoracostomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax.

Spontaneous hemopneumothorax: is conservative treatment enough?

Purpose: Spontaneous hemopneumothorax is a rare disorder, occurring in 1% to 12% of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax. The present review was undertaken to emphasize the potential life-threatening condition of spontaneous hemopneumothorax and reassess the benefit of conservative treatment with chest tube drainage.

Material And Methods: From 1997 to 2002, 291 cases of spontaneous pneumothorax were treated in our department.