[Acupuncture with an Aftermath].

Acupuncture with an Aftermath A 70-year-old female patient presents with a 6-hour history of left sided thoracic pain and acutely exacerbated cough in the emergency department. Earlier in the morning she had undergone acupuncture therapy. The clinical examination revealed tachypnea with diminished breath sounds on the left side and hyperresonance to percussion.

Lateral lung hernia following a low-energy trauma without bony injuries: A case report.

Introduction: Lateral lung hernias are rare, and a herniation of the lung is only reported in the context of high-energy trauma. The predilection site for lung hernias is the anterior thorax.

Presentation Of Case: We present the case of a 82-year-old male, who was admitted with dry cough, shortness of breath and breath-dependent left-sided chest pain after a fall.

Implantation of a stent graft in the right pulmonary artery enables radical resection of a central endothelial sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery.

In a patient with a huge endothelial sarcoma of the left pulmonary artery, we report successful implantation of a stent graft in the right pulmonary artery, including the pulmonary arterial trunk. This preoperative measure enabled a safe and radical left-sided pneumonectomy, including the tumor and the central parts of the left pulmonary artery. No major blood loss occurred, and neither use of a heart-lung machine nor cardiopulmonary bypass was necessary.