Concomitant Occurrence of Hepatopulmonary hydatid Cysts in Turkey.

Background: We aimed to report the demographic characteristics with diagnosis and treatment methods in patients with concomitant hepatopulmonary hydatid cysts.

Methods: Over a ten-year period (from 2002-2020) in Konya, Turkey, surgery was performed on 52 patients with hepatopulmonary hydatid cyst. Main outcome measure(s) were 52 hydatid cysts patients, which had cysts both in the liver and lungs, were investigated regarding their age, gender, cyst localization, suppuration, symptoms, and treatment methods.

The analysis of pleural complications of COVID-19 pneumonia.

Background/aim: As the number of case reports related to the new type of coronavirus (COVID-19) increases, knowledge of and experience with the virus and its complications also increase. Pleural complications are one relevant issue. We aimed in this study to analyze pleural complications, such as pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and empyema, in patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia.

Prognostic factors for sarcomatoid carcinomas of lung: A single-centre experience.

Background: Although lung sarcomatoid carcinomas (LSCa) arised from the epithelial tissue, they have very distinctive features than other non-small cell lung carcinomas in terms of histopathology and survival. It constitutes 0.1%-0.

Determination of prognostic factors of surgically treated pathological Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

Background: This study aims to identify the prognostic factors in Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer and to investigate whether there was a significant difference in terms of overall survival and diseasefree survival among the subgroups belonging to this disease stage.

Methods: Between January 2010 and December 2018, a total of 144 patients (125 males, 19 females; median age 60 years; range, 41 to 80 years) who were operated for non-small cell lung cancer in our clinic and whose pathological stage was reported as IIIA were retrospectively analyzed. Data including demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients, histopathological diagnosis, the standardized uptake value of the mass on positron emission tomography-computed tomography, tumor diameter, type of surgery, lymph node metastasis status, visceral pleural invasion, and overall and disease-free survival rates were recorded.

Effects of topical mitomycin-C on the tracheal epithelia of rabbits following tracheostomy.

Background/aim: We aimed to investigate the topical application of mitomycin-C (MMC) after the conventional tracheostomy in a rabbit model.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four male New Zealand White rabbits were randomly divided among 3 equal groups (n: 8). Trache- ostomies were performed on 16 subjects.

8-year old patient with giant hydatid cyst consulted with chest wall asymmetry.

Cystic echinococcosis, a zoonotic disease, is common in Turkey and is caused by the Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm. We describe the case of an 8-year-old girl who was admitted to hospital with chest wall asymmetry after a fall from height, without any other symptoms. Cystic lesion was identified on radiology, and serology supported the diagnosis of hydatid cyst.

The effect of costal cartilage resection on the chest wall development: a morphometric evaluation.

Objective: In repair of thoracic wall deformities, there is a debate in the literature regarding the optimal age and the type and number of costal cartilage resections. We evaluated the effect of costal cartilage resections on the chest wall development in young rabbits.

Methods: Fifty apparently healthy, 6 weeks of age, male New Zealand white rabbits were evaluated in five groups, each including 10 subjects.

Pleomorphic adenoma of the trachea mimicking bronchial asthma: report of a case.

Benign tracheal tumors are rare and difficult to diagnose. A delay in diagnosis is common because the symptoms mimic those of bronchial asthma. We report the case of a 42-year-old woman who was treated for asthma for 2 years before a diagnosis of pleomorphic adenoma of the trachea was made.

Comparison of pulmonary hydatid cysts in children and adults.

Background: The purpose of the present study was to compare the clinical features and the surgical approaches of the pulmonary hydatid cysts in children and adults.

Methods: One hundred and thirty-four patients, operated on for pulmonary hydatid cysts over the last 10 years were retrospectively evaluated in two groups: 39 children who were younger than 18 years old (29%) and 95 adults (71%). The patients in each group were analysed according to their clinical, radiological and surgical findings.

Inferior laryngeal paraganglioma presenting as plunging goiter.

Paragangliomas are uncommon slow-growing neuroendocrine tumors that may arise from the extra-adrenal paraganglia. Paragangliomas of the inferior and superior laryngeal paraganglia are known as laryngeal paraganglioma. Inferior laryngeal paraganglioma, which is also called subglottic paraganglioma, is very seldomly observed.

Benign mature cystic teratoma of the anterior mediastinum leading to heart failure: report of a case.

A 12-year-old male child was referred to our clinic for the surgical treatment of an anterior mediastinal mass, suspected to be a thymic cyst, which was considered to potentially lead to cardiac failure. The mass was resected completely with a median sternotomy. The postoperative course was uneventful.

Giant localized solitary fibrous tumors of the diaphragmatic pleura: report of two cases.

We report two cases, of 48- and 53-year-old women, with huge intrathoracic extrapulmonary tumors which originated from the diaphragm. In these cases the totally resected tumors were examined histologically and immunohistochemically, and based on these studies benign localized solitary fibrous tumors originating from the diaphragmatic pleura were diagnosed. We observed no recurrence in the long-term follow-up, which was necessary for these cases due to the tumors' unpredictable clinical behavior even when they were thought to be benign histologically.

Comparison between pulmonary and hepatopulmonary hydatidosis.

Objectives: To compare the clinical features and the surgical approaches between single pulmonary (SPH) and hepatopulmonary hydatidosis (HPH).

Methods: The hospital and follow-up records of 141 patients who had undergone surgery for pulmonary hydatidosis in our clinic between January 1991 and January 2001 were reviewed. Forty-nine patients (34.

Pleural complications of hydatid disease.

Objective: The aim of this retrospective study was to review pleural and pericardial complications of patients with hydatid cysts and to analyze the management of therapy for these patients.

Methods: Between 1991 and 2001, 43 (29.7%) of 145 patients presented with pleural and pericardial complications.

Cold abscess of the chest wall as an unusual complication of BCG vaccination.

Bacillus-Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination often results in local adverse effects; however, serious or long-term complications are rare. The involvement of sternum among skeletal BCG osteomyelitis is a rarely seen complication of BCG vaccination. Such a complication may confuse with a chest wall tumor and a surgical intervention may be needed for the definite diagnosis.

Chest trauma in children.

Objectives: Chest trauma in childhood is uncommon in clinical practice. The management and treatment principles of children with thoracic trauma were discussed with the data reported in the literature.

Methods: Of the chest injury diagnosed in 1653 patients, 225 were children in the last 17-year period.