We present a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma with focal relapse in the Azygos arch region after radical pleurectomy/decortication and adjuvant chemotherapy. Tumour recurrence was successfully treated by Cyberknife radiosurgery (70 Gy in five fractions). Patient remains disease-free at 40 months without any other treatment.

OBJECTIVES The median age at diagnosis of patients with pleural mesothelioma in the UK is 73 years. Recent series have shown the feasibility of extended pleurectomy decortication in the elderly, but with continuing debate about the efficacy of this treatment, we reviewed our experience to identify more detailed selection criteria. METHODS We reviewed prospectively collected data on all patien...

Rhinophyma (rhis: nose, phyma: growth) is a rare, disfiguring disease characterized by a progressive hypertrophy of the softtissues of the nose with its increased volume, mainly in the lower half, and often associated to an end-stage of severe acne rosacea. The cause of rhinophyma is unknown, but it is believed to be the end stage of acne rosacea. The diagnosis is easy to ascertain based on the...

BACKGROUND Spinal fusion is a common orthopaedic procedure that has been previously modeled using canine, lapine, and rodent subjects. Despite the increasing availability of genetically modified mouse strains, murine models have only been infrequently described. PURPOSE To present an efficient and minimally traumatic procedure for achieving spinal fusion in a mouse model and determine the opt...

Aim: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is now a gold standard in treating early-stage empyema, while much debate still exists considering the effectiveness of this approach for late-stage empyema. Most concerns arise from crowded rib cage, narrow working space, and ability to free trapped lungs quickly, mainly if uniportal VATS used. However, unlike lobectomy, there no consensus about...