Pericardial ectopic thymoma.

Primary intrapericardial thymoma is an unusual localization. We report a case of a patient with an isolated and primary pericardial thymoma. This 72-year-old woman presented with dyspnea, dysphony and myalgia.

Preliminary results of collapse therapy with plombage for pulmonary disease caused by multidrug-resistant mycobacteria.

Seven patients underwent collapse therapy with polystyrene sphere plombage for pulmonary disease caused by multidrug-resistant mycobacteria. Four patients were infected with multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, two with Mycobacterium xenopi, one with Mycobacterium avium. All patients were heavily pretreated before surgery, had extensive, bilateral cavitary disease and were considered unsuitable for resection because of extensive disease or functional respiratory impairment.

[Value of video-surgery in the treatment of voluminous emphysematous bullae].

In general, giant emphysematous bullae develop within the substance of dystrophic pulmonary parenchyma. The bullae impede normal mechanical ventilation by the volume they occupy and by the compression which they exert. This addition can lead to acute complications.