Mediastinal bronchogenic cyst presenting with dysphagia and back pain.

The presentation of the bronchogenic cyst is variable, making pre-operative diagnosis difficult. Majority of them are either asymptomatic or discovered incidentally. The most common presenting symptoms are cough, fever and dyspnea.

Urokinase thrombolysis in acute-on-chronic vascular occlusion of lower limb.

Between January 2000 and June 2003, 70 patients (63 men and 7 women) with acute-on-chronic lower limb vascular occlusion underwent thrombolysis with 1 million units of urokinase. Forty-eight patients had unilateral and 22 had bilateral involvement; 9 had gangrenous changes. The mean age was 47 +/- 9 years, 73% were smokers, and 13% had diabetes.

Mediastinal tumors: a clinicopathological analysis.

Between January 1993 and June 2003, 106 patients underwent surgical treatment of a mediastinal mass. Ages ranged from 6 months to 62 years, with peak incidence in the third and fourth decade of life (56%). The male to female ratio was 1.