Fibrous tumor of the lung: diagnostic and therapeutic considerations apropos of two cases.

Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) of the pleura and the lung is an uncommon spindle cell neoplasm arising from the visceral pleura in the majority of the cases. Current diagnostic and therapeutic considerations are discussed apropos of 2 recent cases. 1st case: A 46-year-old male, heavy smoker, presented with nonspecific complaints and a mass in the left posterior mediastinum at the level of the 5th thoracic vertebra.

The Nicks-Nunez posterior enlargement in the small aortic annulus: immediate-intermediate results.

Objectives: To avoid prosthesis-patient mismatch, posterior enlargement of the small aortic annulus using the Nicks-Nunez surgical approach was performed in fifteen patients and the immediate-intermediate results are reported retrospectively.

Methods: During the period November 1995 to June 2005, 220 patients underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR) for primary aortic stenosis (AS). Fifteen patients (15/220 - 6%), all women, 40-76 years old (mean age 65.