[Intrapulmonary Solitary Fibrous Tumor;Report of a Case].

An abnormal lung shadow was detected in a 39-year-old woman at physical examination and she was followed-up carefully at a nearby hospital. After 5 years follow-up, the patient was referred to our hospital for further examination of the abnormal shadow. A chest computed tomography(CT) scan revealed a 12 mm well-circumscribed nodular shadow in the right lower lobe.

[Lung Adenocarcinoma with Pulmonary Aspergillosis Showing Cavity Disappearance;Report of a Case].

A 49-year-old man complaining of fever, chest pain, and hemosputum was examined at a local hospital. A chest computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a 35 mm mass shadow with cavity in the right upper lobe, but a transbronchial lung biopsy could not establish a complete diagnosis. After 1 month follow-up, the patient was referred to our hospital because the mass shadow wall remained thick despite the cavity shrinking.

[Pulmonary Metastasis from a Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast Developing Sixteen Years after Initial Surgery].

We report a case of solitary pulmonary metastasis from a phyllodes tumor of the breast appearing 16 years after initial surgery. The patient was a 56-year-old woman who had undergone surgical extirpation of a left breast tumor diagnosed as phyllodes tumor (borderline malignancy) in 1998, and a right breast tumor diagnosed as fibromatosis in 2000. Sixteen years after the initial operation, she consulted our hospital because of a chest X-ray abnormality detected at a screening examination.

Biomarkers as prognostic factors for cN2 or 3 non-small cell lung cancer treated by induction chemoradiotherapy and surgery.

Background: We have reported promising results of surgery after induction chemoradiotherapy (carboplatin-taxane, 50 Gy radiation) for cN2,3 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In order to understand the underlying mechanism, expression of excision repair cross-complementing 1 (ERCC1), class III β-tubulin (tubulin), thymidylate synthase (TYMS), and ribonucleotide reductase M1 (RRM1) were investigated.

Patients And Methods: Immunohistochemistry was performed in 45 patients with cN2,3 NSCLC, but only in twelve pathologically-complete response cases to evaluate intratumoral expression of these biomarkers.

[Prognosis of surgically treated large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma].

Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) is a relatively rare tumor in malignant lung neoplasms. The prognosis of LCNEC is poor and there is no consensus on the treatment for LCNEC. We report our retrospective assessment of 11 patients of LCNEC from 1999 to 2008.

Progressive growth of primary synovial sarcoma of the lung.

An 80-year-old male was admitted because of a giant mass in the left lower lobe of the lung on a routine chest X-ray. Chest computed tomography verified this to be a well-defined heterogeneous mass as described with no associated lymphadenopathy. FDG-PET depicted moderately marginal FDG uptake.

Expression of ERCC1 and class III β-tubulin is associated with the survival of resected stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with induction chemoradiotherapy using carboplatin-taxane.

Several molecules have been proven to be associated with responsiveness to chemotherapy. A clinical study on the expression of excision repair cross-complementing (ERCC)-1 and class III β-tubulin was conducted in advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. We investigated 34 resected stage III NSCLC patients treated with induction chemoradiotherapy using carboplatin-taxane.

Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura presenting dry cough induced by postural position.

Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura is one of the uncommon diseases. About 40% of solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura are of a visceral and peduncled type. Several visceral pleural tumors have motility.

Mediastinal metastasis of the thyroid papillary carcinoma mimicking thymoma.

Mediastinal tumors are a common condition encountered by general thoracic surgeons, and the most frequent of such tumors is thymoma. However, metastatic mediastinal tumors are rare. Here we report a case of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid to the mediastinum that mimicked thymoma.

Clinical application of infrared thoracoscopy to detect bullous or emphysematous lesions of the lung.

Objective: We have previously reported that infrared thoracoscopy was useful in detecting emphysematous lesions in a canine model of lung emphysema. We applied infrared thoracoscopy to determine the feasibility and efficacy of planning bullectomy for patients with spontaneous pneumothorax.

Methods: A total of 8 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax were included in the study.