Benign angiomyolipoma involving the renal vein and vena cava as a tumor thrombus: case report.

A 53-year-old woman presented with a renal angiomyolipoma extending as a thrombus into the renal vein and vena cava. This case is most unusual and we are unaware of any report of a benign angiomyolipoma that has presented as a tumor thrombus. The intravascular growth of a benign angiomyolipoma has previously been described.

The significance of soft tissue trauma for fracture healing: a prospective study on 70 tibial shaft fractures.

In a prospective study, the significance of the fracture type, the dynamization of the external fixator, the soft tissue damage and the second osteosynthesis was evaluated for the fracture healing of 70 tibial shaft fractures. All fractures, included in the study, had a second or third degree closed or open soft tissue damage. In all fractures, a careful debridement was performed primarily.

Occult tuberculous postpneumonectomy space empyema four years after lung resection.

We describe a patient in whom a tuberculous postpneumonectomy empyema developed 4 years after resection for lung cancer. The clinical presentation was dominated by non-specific constitutional symptoms, without any chest complaints. A computed tomographic scan of the chest suggested inflammation in the postpneumonectomy space.