Giant intrapulmonary solitary fibrous tumor with signs of malignancy.

Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is an extremely rare mesenchymal neoplasm usually detected in the pleura, which generally follows a benign course. The localization inside lung parenchyma has more rarely been reported. We present a case of a 51-year-old male with a dry cough, dyspnea, chest pain, and increased perspiration.

Primary Pulmonary Meningioma With Rhabdoid Features.

Only 1% to 2% of meningiomas have primary extrameningeal location, which is mostly head and neck region. Primary pulmonary meningiomas (PPMs) are even more uncommon with up to 50 cases reported in the literature. Only 5 cases of PPM with confirmed or possible malignancy have been previously described.

Preoperative predictors of conversion in thoracoscopic surgery for pleural empyema.

Objectives: Thoracoscopy is an effective treatment method for pleural empyema; however, it is still not well defined as to which patient subgroups could benefit from it the most. The aim of the study was to identify preoperative factors that could facilitate selecting appropriate surgical intervention and to evaluate early postoperative period.

Methods: Seventy-one patients were prospectively included in the study, which was conducted from January 2011 to June 2014.

Association between vertebral artery hypoplasia and posterior circulation stroke.

Background: The clinical significance of vertebral artery (VA) hypoplasia is under discussion. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate a hypothesis of a possible causal link between VA hypoplasia (VAH) and the incidence of posterior circulation stroke (PCS) or TIA depending on the degree of VAH and vascular risk factors.

Methods: A total of 367 symptomatic (PCS or TIA) and 742 asymptomatic subjects, were selected to participate in the study.

Successful management of gastropulmonary fistula due to invasive fungal infection after chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation: a case report.

Background: Invasive fungal infections (IFI) contribute significantly to mortality and morbidity in patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies. Acquired gastropulmonary fistula is a rare complication of IFI.

Material And Methods: We present a case history of a patient with malignant myeloma.

[Odontogenic mediastinitis. Diagnostics and treatment].

Unlabelled: The aim of our work was to evaluate the diagnostic and treatment of patients with odontogenic mediastinitis.

Methods: The last 10 years (1991-2001) 13 males and 4 females, mean age 43 years, with odontogenic mediastinitis were submitted to surgical treatment. Primary odontogenic abscess occurred in all.

[Empyemectomy-treatment of pleural empyema].

Empyema thoracis has been recognized as a disease entity since the time of Hippocrates and historically has been associated with high mortality. Over 30 years ago, the American Thoracic Society described three stages in the natural course of empyema, namely the exudative, fibrinopurulent, and organizing phases. Decortication and suction drainage usually result in lung re-expansion, otherwise pleurocutaneous window, intrathoracic transposition of skeletal muscle, or thoracoplasty remain life-saving but now uncommon options for treating a closed-space infection.

[Esophageal achalasia].

Unlabelled: The purpose of this study was to analyze results of pneumatic dilatation due to esophageal achalasia at the Clinic of General Thoracic Surgery of Vilnius University.

Material And Methods: During 25-year period (1973-1998) we have treated 133 achalasia patients. On 125 patients pneumatic dilatation was performed.

[Tracheobronchial surgery].

Unlabelled: During the flowering of cardiothoracic surgery over the past 50 years, surgery of the major airway failed to develop correspondingly. The relative rarity of such cases accounts in past for this laggardness. Surgical diseases of the trachea, whether inflammatory or neoplastic, largely are presented as an obstructive problems of the airway.