[Amelanotic pulmonary melanoma].

We report a case of amelanotic pulmonary melanoma in a 52-year-old man. Histological diagnosis was established after right lower lobectomy. The primary source was not found.

Scarf pin inhalation: clinical characteristics and surgical treatment.

Objective: Scarf pin inhalation is becoming a frequent accident among young Moroccan woman who wears islamic veil. The aim of the study is to highlight indications, principles and challenges of surgical removal of that particular foreign body.

Methods: Twenty-eight patients were hospitalized in Thoracic Surgery department of Ibn Sina Hospital at Rabat between January 2008 and June 2013 for surgical removal of a pin scarf after unsuccessful endoscopy.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma: a case report.

Background: Fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung is a rare subtype of pulmonary adenocarcinoma with a relative estimated incidence of 0.5% or fewer of all lung cancers. Because of its extreme rarity, there have been no controlled clinical trials investigating treatment regimens for fetal adenocarcinoma and, as a result, there are no guidelines for management.

[Intrapleural rupture of pulmonary hydatid cysts].

Introduction: Intrapleural rupture of pulmonary hydatid cyst (PHC) is a rare but dangerous complication. The purpose of this study was to report the characteristics of this form of thoracic hydatidosis and analyze the favoring factors.

Materials And Methods: Between 1996 and 2011, 75 patients were operated in our department for PHC ruptured in the pleura (PHCP).

[Role of pulmonary resections in management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. A monocentric series of 29 patients].

Introduction: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a worldwide health problem. Surgery is often used as an adjuvent therapy with anti-tuberculosis agents. The aim of this study is to present our results of pulmonary resections in the treatment of MDR-TB.

[Spontaneous bilateral chylothorax revealing a mediastinal and abdominal lymph node tuberculosis].

Spontaneous chylothorax is a rare condition, lymph node tuberculosis is an exceptional etiology of chylothorax, we report an exceptional case of a patient with mediastinal and abdominal lymph node tuberculosis presenting with spontaneous bilateral chylothorax treated successfully by symptomatic medical treatment and antibacillary.

[Thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis: Clinical features and surgical results].

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the characteristics of myasthenic patients with and without thymoma, and the results of thymectomy in both types of patients.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted among 66 patients who underwent thymectomy for myasthenia gravis in our department over a 10-year period (2000-2010). The surgical approach was sternotomy or anterolateral thoracotomy.

Iatrogenic pneumothorax: experience of a Moroccan Emergency Center.

The incidence of iatrogenic pneumothorax (IPx) will increase with invasive procedures particularly at training hospitals, that is why we have made a retrospective study of the common diagnostic or therapeutic causes of IPx and its impact on morbidity. From January 2011 to December 2011, 36 patients developed IPx as emergencies, after an invasive procedure. Their mean age was 38 years (range: 19-69 years).

[Hydatid disease of the ribs].

Objectives: Hydatid disease is a zoonosis resulting from the growth in man of the larval form of Echinococcus granulosus. Involvement of the bones is rare and localisation to the ribs is exceptional. The aim of our study is to present the pathophysiological and diagnostic characteristics of hydatid disease of the ribs and to define the radiological features.

[Boerhaave's syndrome and pleural tuberculosis].

Introduction: Boerhaave's syndrome is a rare condition involving spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus. The diagnosis is difficult and the prognosis depends on early diagnosis and treatment.

Case Report: We report a case of spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus in a 70-year-old woman where the diagnosis was delayed.

[Filling of the thymic space after chemotherapy for ovarian cancer].

Introduction: Enlargement of the thymus following remission of a cancer treated by chemotherapy poses a problem of differential diagnosis between benign thymic hyperplasia and relapse of a mediastinal tumour.

Case Report: We report the case of a thymic tumour developing 6 months after chemotherapy for ovarian cancer in a woman of 31 years. Because of the risk of a mediastinal recurrence, the patient was submitted to thymectomy by mediastinotomy.

[Outcomes after thoracotomy for intra-abdominal hydatid cysts ruptured into the thorax (a 160 case series)].

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess the results of the surgical treatment of abdominal hydatid cysts ruptured in the thorax.

Patients And Methods: We collected data from 160 patients who experienced the intra-thoracic rupture of an abdominal hydatid cyst during the period 1997 - 2008: 158 located in the liver, one in the spleen and one in the kidney, which had been treated surgically in a single centre. Diagnosis was based on a history of surgery for abdominal hydatid cysts, specific symptoms including biliptysis (40% of the cases) and expectoration of hydatid cysts, as well as radiological findings (chest x-ray; abdominal ultrasound and CT-scan).

[Paraoesophageal cyst revealed by repeated infections].

Paraoesophagial cyst is an extremely rare congenital malformation of the oesophagus often discovered incidentally in adults. We report the case of a paraoesophageal cyst in a 45 year old man revealed by recurrent chest infections and confirmed by examination at surgery.