Pulmonary tuberculosis in a child presenting with acute hemoptysis.

We report on a tuberculous child whose only presenting symptom was acute hemoptysis. His chest radiograph revealed a mass-like lesion occupying the posterior basal segment of the right lower lung field. Multidetector computerized tomography (MDCT) of the chest showed a hypodense mass supplied by the bronchial artery and drained by the pulmonary vein.

Aortoesophageal fistula: a life-threatening cause of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in double aortic arch, a case report.

The authors present the case of a 2-month-old infant with double aortic arch that developed massive bright red upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage from aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) after prolonged endotracheal and nasogastric intubation. Emergency thoracotomy with AEF and double aortic arch repaired were done successfully under cardiopulmonary bypass. Due to tracheomalacia and left phrenic nerve injury, tracheal extubation could not be done until 1 month after correction of the vascular ring.

Atrial myxoma: a review of clinical experience at Srinagarind Hospital.

Thirty-two intracardiac myxoma patients who underwent tumor excision in Srinagarind Hospital between January 1, 1983 and January 30, 1997 were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical presentations, diagnostic method, operative findings, and postoperative course were also analysed. There were 20 female and 12 male patients, age range 10 to 60 years (mean 37.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postoperative cardiac support in Ebstein's anomaly: a case report.

A case of successfully prolonged ECMO for post-operative cardiac support was reported on and a review of literatures with regard to the various aspects of this condition was presented. We hope that prolonged ECMO will become a valuable tool in the armamentarium of the surgeon treating postcardiotomy circulatory failure.