Middle lobe syndrome: a nationwide study on clinicopathological features and surgical treatment.

Introduction: Middle lobe syndrome (MLS) is a relatively uncommon lung disease that is characterized by damage to the middle lobe and often needs surgical intervention.

Objective: To study clinical, radiological and histological features of all patients who underwent surgical resection for MLS in Iceland over a 13-year period, including evaluation of surgical outcome.

Methods: Information on patients who underwent surgery of the right middle lobe in Iceland from 1984 to 2006 was obtained from a centralized diagnosis and pathology registry.

[Closed needle pleural biopsy in Iceland 1990-1999.].

Objective: Closed pleural biopsy is done to determine causes of pleural effusion after fluid analysis has been nondiagnostic. The aim of the study was to evaluate results of closed pleural biopsy in Iceland.

Material And Methods: All pathology reports of closed pleural biopsy from 1990-1999 at the Department of Pathology were reviewed.