[Mediastinal pseudotumor-necrotizing and sclerosing mediastinitis with pseudomembranes].

Mediastinal tumors present a rather rare phenomenon with a variety of underlying causes. Important differential diagnoses include benign and malignant tumors as well as idiopathic sclerosing mediastinitis and parasitic infection.Here, we present the case of a mediastinal pseudotumor with compression of the superior vena cava in a young adult male who spent several years abroad in Brazil.

Lobectomy as Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in a Patient With Previous Contralateral Bilobectomy.

Lung volume reduction surgery is a well-established treatment for pulmonary emphysema; however, lobectomy is performed infrequently in this indication. In a 48-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at stage Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stage 3C, with previous lower bilobectomy due to severe poststenotic pneumonia and multiple ineffective endobronchial-valves placements, lower-lobe lobectomy as lung volume reduction surgery was performed through anterolateral thoracotomy. Forced expiratory volume in 1 second increased from 0.

Dataset of a study investigating autologous blood patch pleurodesis in postoperative prolonged air leaks after lung resection.

Prolonged air leak (PAL) after pulmonary resection is one if the most common complications in thoracic surgery. The dataset was obtained from a prospective randomized study investigating autologous blood patch pleurodesis in PAL. Patients were randomized to either receiving 100 ml autologous blood injected at postoperative days five and six (group A) or to watchful waiting (group B).

A Prospective Study Investigating Blood Patch Pleurodesis for Postoperative Air Leaks After Pulmonary Resection.

Background: Prolonged air leaks (PALs) after lung resection are one of the most common complications in thoracic surgery. Several options are available to treat PALs. The autologous blood patch pleurodesis is commonly used but has not been thoroughly investigated.