Management of complicated pneumatocele

THE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATED PULMONARY HYDATID CYSTS

Iran is recognized as an endemic area for lung hydatidosis. Surgical removal of some hydatid cysts may have setious morbid consequences. To determine the characteristics of these special cysts, a retrospective survey was carried out on patients admitted to Modarres Hospital in Tehran between 1989 and 1998. We have found that ruptured, bilateral, lung located, and giant cysts (> ] 0 cm) caus...

Management of complicated choledochal cysts.

OBJECTIVES The presentation of choledochal cysts (CDCs) is altered by complications such as acute severe cholangitis, hepatolithiasis, spontaneous perforation, portal hypertension, pancreatitis, malignancy of the biliary tract and previous surgery in the form of internal drainage of the cyst. The management and the outcome of such complicated cysts differ from that of an uncomplicated CDC. This...

Laparoscopic Management of Complicated Appendicitis

BACKGROUND Complicated appendicitis is associated with a significant risk of postoperative morbidity, making the value of the minimally invasive approach controversial. METHODS From January 2000 to October 2004, 42 patients with complicated appendicitis were categorized into 3 groups: Group 1--perforation, Group 2-abscess formation, and Group 3--generalized peritonitis. The conversion rate, t...

Extrathoracic communication of persistent pulmonary tuberculous pneumatocele.

tocele in the left upper lobe. A linear air pocket in the soft tissue of the left upper hemithorax was also noted ( fig. 1 c). CT revealed a 15 ! 6 cm cavitary lesion in the left upper lobe extending and communicating with the chest wall through a fistulous tract without pneumothorax or mediastinal emphysema ( fig. 2 ). The subcutaneous air pocket had been noted on the patient’s examination 4 y...

Subcutaneous pneumatocele after facial trauma.