Neuroganglioma in the posterior mediastinum: an incidental discovery.

Ganglioneuroma, a rare benign neuroblastic tumor, typically arises in the posterior mediastinum, but it can be found in the anterior mediastinum and thymus. Predominantly affecting the young, these asymptomatic tumors are often discovered incidentally through imaging. In our reported case, a 44-year-old woman post-hysterectomy with persistent jaundice was diagnosed with a neuroganglioma in the right posterior mediastinum via a computed tomography (CT) scan.

Radical aggressive treatment among non-small cell lung cancer patients with malignant pleural effusion without extra-thoracic disease.

Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is an indicator of advanced disease (stage M1a) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Typically, these patients are candidates for palliative treatment. There is a lack of evidence about the radical surgical treatment in carcinomatous pleuritis with massive effusion.

Extended resections of large thymomas: importance of thymectomy.

Background: Primary tumors of the thymus are rare; the most common histologic type is thymoma. Most important prognostic factors are anatomical extent of tumor and completeness of surgical resection. Large size has not been directly associated with survival, but is strongly associated with advanced disease and high rates of incomplete resections.

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: Systematic review on its treatment in the last 6 years, 75 years after its description.

Background: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis is a serious infection involving the neck and the chest, in which an odontogenic, pharyngeal, or cervical infection spreads rapidly to the thoracic cavity, with a high death rate by sepsis and organic failure if not treated quickly and properly.

Methods: A systematic search in the electronic database PubMed was conducted using the keywords "mediastinitis" and "descending necrotizing mediastinitis" resulting in 2560 items, filters were activated (systematic review, meta-analysis, and clinical trial) resulting in 60 articles, from which we selected relevant articles on the topic.

Results: The best available evidence we could obtain was from 26 case series with evidence level III.

Lung metastasectomy: long-term outcomes in an 18-year cohort from a single center.

Lung metastasectomy is an area of interest and controversy in surgical oncology. Most of the available evidence derives from small cohorts with short follow-up. The aim of this study was to evaluate the oncologic outcomes in an 18-year cohort from a single center.