[Pathomorphologic and ultrastructural characteristics of endocardial Cysticercus cellulosae].

A case is presented of a solitary endocardial cysticercus of cellulose discovered at a biopsy in the left auricula of the heart, got by a 36-year old patient at the operation who had a mitral and aortal defect caused by a reumatic endocarditis. The cisticercus is implanted on the surface of an intact endothelium and the fibroelastic structure of the superficial part of the endocardium is preserved. Inflammation of the endocardium and the myocardium is presented by a perivascular infiltrates eosinophile granulocytes, plasms cells and lymphocytes, suggesting an allergic nature of inflammation.

[Results of reconstructive bypass surgery of obliterative arteriosclerosis in the aortoiliac segment].

The present study included the results of 154 cases aortoiliac arteriosclerotic obstruction surgically treated at the Clinic for Surgical Diseases--Skopje Yugoslavia. The investigated operative clinical material was divided in to 3 groups. The I group consisted of endarterectomy in 89 patients.

[The Garloch-Sweet operation in cancer of the lower segment of the esophagus].

The surgical treatment of carcinoma of the lower segment of the esophagus presents a problem in the sense of operability and five--years survival. The authors presented 56 patients operated by GARLOCK-SWEET method for carcinoma of the lower segment of the esophagus. The investigated clinical material was divided into 2 groups.

[Surgical treatment of thymoma].

This paper presented 6 cases of thymomas, surgically treated at the Newcastle Regional Cardiothoracic Surgical Service-England during the period 1970-1971. Excision of the tumour alone was carried-out in two patients. In the remaining four, a thymectomy and removal of the tumour was performed.

Acute subclavian steal syndrome following blunt thoracic trauma.

A rare case of acute subclavian steal syndrome following blunt thoracic trauma is described. By aortography, obstruction of the origin of the left subclavian artery was found and the reversed flow through the vertebral artery was demonstrated. This injury was successfully treated by an aortosubclavian bypass Dacron prosthesis using a left posterolateral thoracotomy approach.