Familial Mediterranean Fever in a 28-Year-Old Male Presented as a Painless Massive Pleural Effusion.

This case describes the first patient with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) with massive left pleural effusion as the first clinical manifestation, to whom a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was performed to support the diagnosis. The patient was a 28-year-old male, who presented with dry cough and dyspnea but no fever. The lab findings showed hypoxemia (partial pressure of oxygen= 65 mm Hg) accompanied by elevated inflammatory markers, including C-reactive protein at 7 mg/dl (<0.

Open Repair of a 12-cm Posttraumatic Aneurysm of Right Subclavian Artery.

Purpose: To present a rare case of a patient with a 12-cm posttraumatic right subclavian artery aneurysm successfully treated with aneurysmectomy and innominate-axillary bypass.

Case Report: A 54-year-old man presented to the emergency department due to progressive dyspnea and hoarseness of voice. His medical record was unremarkable except that he had right-sided pneumothorax and multiple rib fractures from a car accident 16 years ago.

Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: a rare histological subtype of non-small cell lung cancer with a poor prognosis even at earlier tumour stages.

Objectives: Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma (PSC) is a rare histological subtype of non-small cell lung cancer and comprises a diagnostically and therapeutically challenging group of tumours. We explored the clinicopathological features and prognostic factors of this tumour.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of all patients who were treated for PSC in the Department of Thoracic Surgery between May 2005 and December 2014.

Surgery of primary lung cancer with oligometastatic m1b synchronous single brain metastasis: analysis of 37 cases.

Background: At the time of diagnosis, lung cancer has often metastasized already. Brain metastases, however, are associated with a poor prognosis (median survival of less than 1 year). We evaluated the changes of the median survival after resection of the cerebral metastases and primary non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Modified Clagett Procedure Is Effective for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Postpneumonectomy Empyema: A Case Report.

Postpneumonectomy empyema (PPE) with methicillin-resistant (MRSA) is a challenging problem because these germs have extensive virulence factors and mechanisms to escape from the host's immune system. The present case was successfully treated with accelerated repeated surgical debridement, vancomycin gauze packing and final obliteration of the postpneumonectomy space with latissimus myoplasty and vancomycin solution.

Unligated left internal mammary artery side branch resulting in coronary artery steal syndrome.

Whether internal mammary artery side branches have the potential for hemodynamically significant flow steal in cases of postcoronary surgery ischemia remains a controversial issue. We present a case in which coil embolization of two unligated side branches resulted in symptomatic improvement and resolution of ischemia as evidenced by myoview imaging. 

The role of ascorbic acid in the prevention of atrial fibrillation after elective on-pump myocardial revascularization surgery: a single-center experience--a pilot study.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia that occurs postoperatively in cardiac surgery. There is evidence for the role of oxidative stress in the etiology of AF. In our study, we examined whether antioxidant ascorbic acid (vitamin C), could help in the reduction of the incidence of postoperative AF.

Endovascular repair of traumatic aortic transection.

The present study reports a single center experience and mid-term results of endovascular repair of acute aortic traumatic transection on an emergency basis, instead of open surgical management. From January 2005 to December 2008, 13 cases of traumatic aortic transection with serious comorbidities, which underwent repair with thoracic stent grafts at our institution, were reviewed. The mean patient age was 32.