[Pneumothorax and abdominal free air occurred after percutaneous tracheostomy (PCT)].

We report a case of pneumothorax and abdominal free air after percutaneous tracheostomy (PCT). A 80-year-old female was intubation for upper respiratory stenosis. We thought tracheal stenosis recurrence after extubation.

Treatment and prognosis of brain metastases from breast cancer.

Background: To analyze retrospectively the results of treatments for patients with brain metastases from breast cancer.

Materials And Methods: The records of 65 breast cancer patients with brain metastases who were treated between 1985 and 2005 were reviewed. For brain metastases, 11 patients (17%) were treated with surgical resection followed by radiotherapy, and the remaining 54 patients were treated with radiotherapy alone.