Two concomitant congenital lung malformations mimicking a paravertebral mass.

We report the case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with the unique asymptomatic malformation of an extralobar pulmonary sequestration communicating with a bronchogenic cyst. Despite computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the chest, the diagnosis could not be established before a left thoracotomy was performed. The sequestrated lobe and bronchogenic cyst were then successfully resected.

Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical behavior of solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura and consider the optimal surgical approach for these rare tumors.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of nine patients who underwent thoracotomy for tumor resection in our clinic between 1997 and 2006.

Results: Nine patients were operated in this period and their median age was 46 years.

Autologous patch reconstruction to pulmonary artery for left upper lobe tumour.

A 47-year-old man presented with a cough, sweating and a 14 kg. weight loss. Chest radiography revealed a 5 x 5 cm mass at the left upper lobe.

Elective pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: factors affecting early operative mortality and morbidity.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the morbidity and mortality of the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases where pneumonectomy was performed.

Material & Methods: All 101 patients who had underwent a pneumonectomy for NSCLC between 1994-2001 in our hospital were included in the retrospective study. There were 97 males and 4 females with a mean age of 56+/-9.

Effect of capitonnage and cystotomy on outcome of childhood pulmonary hydatid cysts.

Objective: In this clinical retrospective study cystotomy and capitonnage were compared in patients with childhood pulmonary hydatid cysts with regard to postoperative period.

Methods: Between 1990 and 2004, 60 children with pulmonary hydatid cysts were treated surgically. There were 33 boys and 27 girls aged from 3 to 16 years.