Uniportal video-assisted removal of a right paratracheal pericardial cyst: an unusual location

Pericardial cyst in an unusual location.

Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for right intralobar pulmonary sequestration

Purpose: A pulmonary sequestration is an embryonic mass of lung tissue that has no identifiable bronchial communication. It is characterized by nonfunctional pulmonary parenchyma separated from the normal tracheobronchial tree and abnormal blood supply from the systemic circulation. Methods: We report a 61-year-old male with progressive chest distress and pain, recurrent pneumonia, was diagnose...

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was introduced nearly 2 decades ago and has experienced an exponential increase for lung cancer treatment. A pneumonectomy can be performed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and the lung usually fits through the incision as usually used for VATS lobectomy. The most common approach for pneumonectomy is undertaken with 3 or 4 incisions, including ...

Pericardial cyst: an unusual cause of pneumonia

INTRODUCTION Pericardial cysts occur rarely with an incidence rate of 1 per 100,000. They are usually detected by chance and are clinically silent in most cases. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 66 year old Irish male, with signs and symptoms of pneumonia. A chest X-Ray confirmed left lower lobe consolidation. Further imaging including a CT thorax identified a large pericardial cyst ...

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy

Thymectomy is the treatment for thymoma or Myasthenia Gravis patients. With the development of thoracoscopic surgical instruments and techniques in recent years, single port video assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy is increasingly practiced for such patients. Although single port thymectomy is feasible and may be preferable, there is a lack of detailed step-by-step procedures outlined in the lit...