Open window thoracostomy for a chronic calcified pleural empyema in the setting of a closed chest trauma.

This case report is a chronic calcified pleural empyema in a patient who suffered a closed chest trauma 30 years ago. The first goal is to demonstrate how the closed chest trauma caused a bronchopleural fistula of the calcified pleural empyema, since the patient began to report continued purulent sputum after his trauma with weight loss and the appearance of an air-fluid level in the chest CT scan (no pleurocutaneous fistula in the clinical examination). The second goal is to reveal the rule and the interest of an open window thoracostomy in the management of chronic calcified pleural empyema, since a decortication remains difficult to perform in cases like this one.

Cardiac hydatid cyst interposed between the right atrium and right ventricle on the tricuspid valve.

Hydatidosis disease is commonly localized in the lungs and liver and the radical treatment remains surgery. Cardiac hydatid cyst is a rare and particular location disease that can be associated with serious complications. The most common site in the heart according to the is the left ventricle.

Intratracheal migration of two Kirschner wires after surgery for a clavicle fracture.

Kirschner wire is frequently used in orthopedic surgery, and migration is not exceptional. Intrathoracic migration is well-known, especially after surgery on the shoulder girdle, however, intratracheal migration is extremely rare. We describe a case of intratracheal migration of two Kirschner wires in a 41-year-old man who had them placed two years previously for a right clavicle fracture.