Bronchial Artery Embolization for a Mediastinal Aortopulmonary Paraganglioma Safe Resection: A Case Report.

Paraganglioma of the middle mediastinum has a prevalence of 1%-2% of paragangliomas and less than 1% of mediastinal masses. It is generally asymptomatic and can easily be confused with other pathologies. The following is the case of a 50-year-old patient who, as an incidental finding, documented an injury between the aorta and the pulmonary artery, hypervascularized, which was embolized prior to surgery, which facilitated the complete resection of the lesion by sternotomy.

A proposed modification to the Kellgren and Lawrence classification for knee osteoarthritis using a compartment-specific approach.

Purpose: Since Kellgren and Lawrence (KL) originally classified knee osteoarthritis, several authors have reported varying levels of reliability and a lack of uniformity in the use of this classification system. We propose several modifications to the KL classification including the use of a compartment-specific approach that we hypothesize will lead to a better understanding of knee OA while maintaining an adequate interobserver and intraobserver reliability.

Methods: We propose the addition of the lateral and skyline-view radiographs to the standard anteroposterior (AP) and lateral projections in the evaluation.

Persistent Sciatic Artery with Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Case Report.

Background: Persistent sciatic artery (PSA) is a congenital malformation due to incomplete involution during the embryonic period. Its etiology is unknown, with an estimated incidence of 0.02 - 0.

Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Humerus: A Case Report of an Extremely Rare Primary Bone Tumor.

Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a spindle-shaped cell neoplasm originally described in the pleura, but subsequently found in many anatomic sites. Only few cases of primary SFTs in the bone have been previously described in the literature. We present the case of an 86-year-old man with a 1-week history of pain in his left arm.

[Rib cage ostheosynthesis. Literature review and case reports].

Background: Fractures of the chest wall include sternum and rib fractures. Traditionally they are managed conservatively due to the anatomy of the rib cage that allows most of them to remain stable and to form a callus that unites the fractured segments. In spite of this management, some patients present with chronic pain or instability of the wall which makes them require some type of fixation.