[Diagnosis and treatment of traumatic esophageal perforation.].

Traumatic esophageal injuries are extremely rare and challenging both from a diagnostic and therapeutic point of view. As regards one of their patients, the authors review the etiology and the pathophysiology of esophageal perforations. They present the case of a 36-year-old patient with a penetrating chest trauma.

[Left pneumonectomy for intrapulmonary unicentric Castleman disease].

Castleman disease is an uncommon lymphoproliferative disorder, located most commonly in the mediastinal lymph nodes. The intrapulmonary presentation is extremely rare, with 14 published cases in the English literature. The clinical presentation of the disorder is not specific and the diagnosis is often challenging.