Tamarind Seeds in Tracheobronchial Tree: Challenges during Rigid Bronchoscopy.

Background: Tamarind seed aspiration is not frequent in children and is usually observed in kids from rural backgrounds, with easy access to tamarind fruits and their by-products.

Materials And Methods: We report a retrospective review of five patients managed in the pediatric surgery department for tamarind seed aspiration into the tracheobronchial tree. The data were analyzed based on age, clinical presentation, bronchoscopic observations, and the challenges faced during the rigid bronchoscopic retrieval and postoperative course.

F-Labeled Fluoro-2-Deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography in a Large Pulmonary Sclerosing Pneumocytoma with Contralateral Lung Metastasis.

Pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma is an exceedingly rare neoplasm of the lung. These tumors are usually slow growing with a benign disease course but can easily be mistaken for carcinoid tumors or adenocarcinoma in cytology or histopathology specimens. Rare occurrences of metastases have been reported in the literature making F-labeled fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography useful for the evaluation of these tumors.

Left pulmonary aplasia with multiloculated effusion and pericardial defects in a young adult: a case report.

Pulmonary aplasia is a rare developmental lung anomaly with unknown etiology. Multiloculated effusion and pericardial defects are even less common with no cases reported up until now. Here, we report the first case of an unusual presentation of a 25-year-old female with recurrent cough for four months, who was diagnosed with left pulmonary aplasia with multiloculated effusion and partial pericardial defects, and who underwent uniportal thoracoscopic drainage and pleurectomy.