Unlabelled: An 82-year-old male presented with progressive dysphagia and simultaneous hoarseness of voice for the past 6 months. He had mitral valve repair and a permanent pacemaker for a heart block 5 years ago. A computed tomographic scan of the neck demonstrated a cervical esophageal diverticulum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 42-year-old male pediatrics physician was admitted with a history of acute chest pain and sudden severe dysphagia to solids and liquids. He denied any history of abdominal pain, vomiting, dyspnea, nausea weight loss. He could not even swallow saliva.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFor the last five years, a 43-year-old female presented with progressive dysphagia for solids and liquids. She was treated for iron deficiency anemia by systemic and oral iron therapy. Gastroenterologists failed to pass endoscopes through the upper esophagus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 46 years old male smoker was admitted to our hospital with a three-month history of chest discomfort and burning sensations due to regurgitation of food. The gastroenterologist tried multiple attempts to pass the endoscope through the lower end of the esophagus but failed. Post endoscopy Chest -X-ray showed right hemithorax fluid collection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 25-year-old male vehicle driver had a road traffic accident and sustained a blunt chest injury. His chest x-ray in the emergency department showed left hemithorax opacification. A chest drain Fr32 was inserted, and 1300ml of Blood drained out.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAngiosarcoma of the Posterior Mediastinum is a rare entity. We herein report a case of a giant posterior mediastinal Angiosarcoma. A 54-year female presented with a one-year history of epigastric pain.
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September 2021
We report a case of 16 -year male who presented with nonproductive cough, chest pain, and hemoptysis. His chest -x-ray and computerized tomographic scan (CT) of the thorax with contrast enhancement revealed a large mediastinal mass mostly occupying the left hemithorax. Percutaneous CT scan-guided biopsy of the mediastinal mass was reported as an endodermal sinus tumor (EDST).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA five year girl had eczema and allergic rhinitis in the past, presented with a history of cough, shortness of breath for the last one month. Her chest -X-ray showed a left side pleural effusion, and a computed tomographic scan (CT) of the chest showed left side hydropneumothorax. Left side 21 Fr drain was inserted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: We report the modified surgical reconstruction technique for correction for a large isolated congenital sternal cleft in 6 years old girl using a methyl methacrylate marlex mesh sandwich plate (MMS). The patient was referred to our tertiary care institution with a sizeable anterior chest wall bony defect. There was a large bulging under the skin due to protrusion of mediastinal viscera and visible cardiac pulsations with breathing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 36 years old female presented with six months history of shortness of breath, fatigue, and tiredness. Her chest X-Ray showed a left mediastinal mass. A computed tomographic scan (CT)of the chest revealed a left mediastinal mass, exhibiting typical teratoma features.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Thyroid papillary carcinoma rarely present as manubriosternum metastasis. The standard treatment for patients with metastatic disease is iodine ablation therapy. A surgical resection is a good option for patients with resectable limited bony metastasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA five years boy aspirated Light-emitting diode (LED) of a toy while playing. Initially, he had a cough which later on settled. Chest physician at the local hospital tried to retrieve foreign bodies endoscopically, but he failed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: In 1938, the Malignant Triton Tumor (MTT) was first explained by Mason.
Case Presentation: Case 1: A man aged 28 years presented with chest pain and difficulty in breathing since last five months, there was no history of cough fever or night sweats. Clinical examination was unremarkable.
Introduction: Although the incidence of internal mammary lymph node recurrence rate in breast cancer is low but still it is the second most common drainage site after axilla. Patients with solitary internal mammary lymph node (IMLN) recurrence have overall better prognosis. The role of chemo and radiotherapy in internal mammary lymph node involvement with breast cancer is still controversial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA man aged 28 years, with neurofibromatosis type 1, presented with abdominal pain and visible right lower chest swelling. He had cutaneous neurofibromas and several café-au-lait spots. CT scan of the chest and abdomen revealed a giant mass most likely originating from the right 7th intercostal nerve, extending downwards into the abdomen causing massive hepatic compression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary posterior mediastinal ectopic goitre is an extremely rare entity; we report a case of a 28-year-old man who presented with dysphagia, respiratory distress and hoarseness of voice, gradually worsening over a period of 3 months. CT scan of the thorax revealed a giant posterior mediastinal ectopic goitre. The mass was removed through a right posterolateral thoracotomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTracheal injury after blunt chest trauma is a rare but life-threatening condition. If diagnosed and treated early, the outcome is excellent. We report a case of an 18-year-old man who sustained a fracture of the right femur in a traffic accident.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary chondrosarcoma of the manubriosternum is a rare tumor. We describe the case of a 42 year-old man who presented with a swelling of the anterior chest wall. The computed tomography scan of the thorax showed a manubriosternal mass involving both clavicles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary non-seminomatous germ cell tumours of anterior mediastinum are uncommon. Endodermal sinus tumour of the anterior mediastinum (yolk sac) is a rare but lethal neoplasm. We present a case of an 18-year-old man who presented with chest pain, cough and haemosputum with markedly raised serum α-fetoprotein (AFP) levels above 112,000 ng/mL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSolitary pulmonary nodule due to various pathologies has been reported in the medical literature. We report a case of solitary pulmonary nodule in an asymptomatic 60-year-old male smoker, who had a positive family history of pulmonary tuberculosis. His routine screening chest X-ray revealed a 2 × 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTracheal diverticulum is a rare benign disease also known as paratracheal air cyst. Mostly these are asymptomatic and are discovered incidentally on radiologic examination of the chest. Common symptoms are cough, recurrent respiratory tract infections, and sometimes dysphagia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe most common benign tumour of the oesophagus is leiomyoma. Haemopoietic elements rarely infiltrate oesophageal leiomyoma. We report the case of a 24-year-old man with a long history of intermittent dysphagia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOesophageal lithobezoar is a very rare clinical entity, especially presenting as a case of acute dysphagia. A 54-year-old man, with long-standing psychiatric illness, presented with a recent episode of vomiting and chest pain followed by dysphagia. Chest x-ray revealed a radio opaque shadow in the posterior mediastinum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhyllodes tumour of the breast is a relatively uncommon condition, and rarely invades the chest wall. We report a case of young women who had recurrent large phyllodes tumour invading the chest wall, following mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A multidisciplinary approach was used for radical resection of the tumour, chest wall and reconstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary B-cell lymphoma of thymus is uncommon. We describe the case of a 23-year-old woman with a history of shortness of breath and distended neck veins of 1-month duration. A chest roentgenogram and computed tomographic chest scan of the showed a large anterior mediastinal mass.
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