Value of wedge resection for lung cancer in poor cardiopulmonary status patients.

The strategic management of primary lung cancer in patients with poor cardiopulmonary status is still controversial. The aim of this study was to ascertain the early and late results of wide-margin wedge resection with curative intent in this group of patients. Between January 1995 and January 2002, 24 patients (13 males; mean age, 69.

Pheasant rearer's lung.

A 47-year-old gamekeeper presented with an 8 month history of variable breathlessness, cough and clinical features of severe interstitial lung disease. Open lung biopsy showed an extrinsic allergic alveolitis, which we believe related to his work rearing pheasants. Initially he was resistant, despite advice, to changing his occupation but subsequently, although ceasing exposure to pheasants and beginning treatment with corticosteroids, his disease progressed to the point where he developed respiratory failure and was referred for lung transplantation.

Value of wide-margin wedge resection for solitary pulmonary nodule: a single center experience.

Objective: Despite refinements of the diagnostic procedures, often surgery remains the only option to ascertain the histopathological nature of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN). Aim of the present study was to ascertain the value of wide-margin wedge resection (WMWR) with curative intent in a consecutive cohort of patients afflicted by SPN.

Methods: From January 1995 to January 2002, 129 patients (74 male, mean age 60.

Pulmonary sclerosing hemangiomas: new approach in patients with low cancer risk.

Three cases of sclerosing hemangioma managed differently are described. Thoracic surgeons should raise their awareness of this benign slow-growing tumor in the differential diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodule. Radiographic evidence of expansion of such a lesion is not conclusive for malignancy, and should not affect its biological behavior.

Surgical resection of a solitary plasmacytoma originating in a rib of a patient with Castleman's disease.

Castleman's disease is a rare disorder characterized by lymphoid hyperplasia. It may present as asymptomatic involvement of one lymph node group or as a multicentric disease with systemic features. We report a patient with Castleman's disease who presented with axillary lymphadenopathy associated with a solitary plasmacytoma originating from a rib.