[A case of intrathoracic lipoma arising from the chest wall resected by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery].

We present a case of lipoma arising from the chest wall spreading into the thoracic cavity. Although asymptomatic, a 65-year-old female was pointed out an abnormal shadow on the chest X-ray film taken at the mass survey. The tumor, measuring 3.

[A case of video-assisted thoracic surgery for congenital esophago-bronchial fistula].

A 42-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because barium esophagograpm showed an esophago-bronchial fistula with an esophageal deverticulum. He has had frequent episodes of cough at drinking water since childhood. A chest CT scan showed mild inflammatory change and bronchiectasis in the right S6.

[A resected case of a bronchiolo-alveolar cell carcinoma of the lung accompanying pneumonia-like shadow on chest roentgenogram].

A 67-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of pneumonia-like shadow on chest roentgenogram with persistent cough and sputum of 4 months duration. Diagnosis as lung cancer was delayed more than 4 months. She showed fever and inflammatory reactions.

[Three resected cases of pulmonary cryptococcosis].

Case 1 was a 53-year-old female who had a small nodule in the right S3 segment on chest CT. As she was not diagnosed by transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB), open thoracotomy was performed. Case 2 was a 65-year-old female who had a nodule with pleural indentation in the right S6 segment.