Adult male with non-resolving opacity in the right hemithorax

Adult male with non-resolving opacity in the right hemithorax

Pulmonary agenesis is a well-known but rare congenital anomaly of the respiratory system. It represents failure of development of the primitive lung bud. We are reporting bilobar agenesis of the right lung associated with multisystem involvement in an adult patient.

Opacity over the left hemithorax after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

A 77-yr-old male was admitted for aortic aneurysm repair. His history recorded hypertension, left carotid artery desobstruction, stroke and an anterior invocardial infarction. Aspirin was discontinued 1 day before surgery. For periand postoperative haemodynamic surveillance, a Swan-Ganz catheter (7.5 Fr thermodilution catheter; Criticath; Ohmeda, Bilthoven, the Netherlands) was introduced throu...

Opaque hemithorax in a young adult.

Giant right coronary artery aneurysm in an adult male patient with non-ST myocardial infarction.

The combination of a giant coronary aneurysm with multiple coronary aneurysms in adults is an extremely rare entity--especially in atherosclerotic patients, since it is most commonly associated with Kawasaki disease in children. We report an interesting case of a 59-year-old male patient with multiple atherosclerotic aneurysms of the left coronary system and a giant aneurysm of the right corona...

Traumatic herniation of the heart into the right hemithorax.

Pericardial rupture after blunt chest trauma is described in the literature. This case report summarises our experience with a 22-year old male patient who suffered blunt chest trauma during a motor vehicle accident. On admission no serious injuries could be detected, but 3 hours later, displacement of the heart to the right hemithorax combined with sudden cardiac failure appeared. Emergency th...