Publications by authors named "Hesam Amini"
Background: Hydatid cyst (HC) frequently affects the lungs, making it the second most common site after the liver. This study evaluated the clinical characteristics, surgical procedures, complications, laboratory findings, and factors influencing hospital length of stay (LOS) in patients undergoing surgery for pulmonary hydatid cysts.
Methods: This retrospective observational study included adult patients who underwent surgery for lung HC between 2017 and 2021.
Pulmonary hydatid disease remains a global public health issue. Symptoms often result from cyst rupture, causing fever, cough, and hemoptysis. Radiographs may show homogeneous masses, air-fluid levels, or the pathognomonic "water lily" sign.
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- Common complications after pectus excavatum (PE) surgery, such as ventricular tachycardia and cardiac arrest, underscore the importance of careful post-operative monitoring and patient education regarding potential risks.
- The study aims to enhance awareness among medical professionals about the serious, though rare, complications linked to PE surgery, which often stems from cosmetic concerns but may also address exercise intolerance and shortness of breath.
- A systematic review revealed various complications, including some fatal cases, emphasizing that surgeons should be particularly cautious, especially in surgeries motivated by cosmetic reasons.
Shwannomas are rare benign tumours especially in tracheal. A 16-year-old male presented with a chronic cough, and a thoracic CT scan revealed a pedunculated tumour measuring approximately 11 × 13 mm in size, located 22 mm away from the main carina. Tissue sample was obtained via rigid bronchoscopy and cryobiopsy, and the pathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of a benign nerve sheath tumour consistent with schwannoma.
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- - This study examines the risk of spontaneous pneumothorax in COVID-19 patients, focusing on demographic, clinical, and radiological data, along with survival predictors from a sample of 67 hospitalized cases from December 2021 to March 2022.
- - Key findings indicate that pneumothorax was most commonly found in the left or right lung, with symptoms including dyspnea, cough, chest pain, and hemoptysis; treatment predominantly involved chest drains, with a 50-day mortality rate of 52.2%.
- - The research highlights that patients with pleural effusion or pulmonary bullae experience lower survival rates, suggesting the need for further studies to explore the relationship between COVID-19 and pneum
Introduction And Importance: Reconstruction of chest wall defects is a complex procedure requiring an accurate understanding of the complete anatomy of the chest wall to deal with challenging defects. This report investigates the use of the thoracoacromial artery and cephalic vein as recipient vessels in a musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi free flap to cover the large chest wall defect resulting from post-radiation necrosis for breast cancer.
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old woman with established necrotic osteochondritis of the left side ribs following radiotherapy in breast cancer management was admitted for reconstructing the violated chest wall.
Introduction And Importance: Tracheal leiomyoma is an extremely rare benign tumor. It mostly presents in the third decade of life and mostly affects men. Herein, we describe a patient with tracheal leiomyoma which was treated as asthma for 2 years before definite diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeglected huge chest wall mass. A case report of fibrous dysplasia.
Int J Surg Case Rep
February 2023
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- Fibrous dysplasia is a slow-growing bone tumor resulting from incomplete bone maturation, typically found incidentally through imaging and best evaluated with CT scans, which show ground-glass lesions with reactive bone.
- A case study highlights a 52-year-old man with a large chest wall tumor from the ribs, which was surgically removed along with some surrounding ribs and reconstructed; pathology showed spindle cells and confirmed clean margins.
- While primary rib tumors are rare, fibrous dysplasia is even rarer, usually asymptomatic, and can be effectively treated with early diagnosis and surgery since the risk of malignant transformation is low.
Primary costal hydatid cyst resembling urolithiasis: A case report.
Int J Surg Case Rep
February 2023
Introduction: Hydatid disease (HD) is a zoonotic infection caused by echinococcus granulosus tapeworms. HD accounts for approximately one million cases worldwide. HD is more prevalent in endemic areas, such as the Mediterranean region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Intrathoracic gossypiboma is a consequence of retained sponge/swap, gauzoma, muslinoma, textiloma, or cottonoid in the thoracic cavity during surgery. The thoracic cavity is of the rarest place for gossypiboma as these entities most occur after abdominal surgery.
Case Presentation: We report a case of intrathoracic gossypiboma that was missed for an extended period of time with no symptoms and was successfully treated with surgical intervention.