Surgery for non-small cell carcinoma in geriatric patients: 15-year experience.

The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical patterns, short- and long-term survival in elderly patients after surgery for non-small cell lung carcinoma. The 273 patients aged over 70 years who underwent curative resection from 1986 to 2001 were retrospectively assessed. Mean age was 73.

Congenital coronary artery fistulas in adults: surgical treatment and outcome.

Background: Congenital coronary artery fistulas, a subgroup of anomalies of the coronary arteries, are an extremely rare cardiac defect. Most patients are asymptomatic, and if symptoms are presented, they depend on the underlying anatomy. Knowledge of those fistulas is important for prognosis and management.

Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis X) following metastasizing malignant melanoma.

Background: Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis X) is an uncommon, diffuse interstitial lung disease of unknown cause, mostly presenting in young smokers. Association of pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis with a malignant neoplasm is rare.

Case Description And Results: We present and discuss the case of a 48-year-old man (ex-smoker) with metastasising malignant melanoma.