BACKGROUND Dermoid sinus is an uncommon epithelial-lined fistula that may be associated with vertebral malformations. In humans, Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is a rare condition characterized by congenital cervical vertebral fusion and may be associated with other developmental defects, including dermoid sinus. The present case report describes an adult Dachshund with cervical and cranial thorac...

We present two transesophageal echocardiographic images of a patient with acute myocardial infarction, demonstrating a large thrombus attached to the thoracic aortic wall, considered to be a complication of intra-aortic balloon pumping. The patient had received the device because of hemodynamic instability due to an infarct-related ventricular septal defect. Clinical manifestations which led to...

Thoracoschisis is a rare condition. A female newborn presented with right-sided thoracoschisis, associated with diaphragmatic hernia and protrusion of an accessory liver lobe through the chest wall defect along with deformity of the right forearm and hand duplication. Diagnosed as part of the limb-body wall complex (LBWC), management included resection of the exteriorized liver lobe followed by...

Reconstruction of defects around elbow and upper arm is a challenging task for reconstructive plastic surgeon. Local tissues will not be adequate to cover the large defect. The lateral thoracic artery flap provides good skin cover for the defects of elbow and upper arm. The objective is to study the feasibility and therapeutic effect of lateral thoracic flaps for the defects of upper extremitie...

hereby we report a patient with thalassemia major having extradural cord compression at t3-t9 levels due to a mass of extramedullary hematopoiesis (emh) tissue, whose treatment was successful with hypertransfusion therapy alone. the patient was a 23-year-old man who had not received regular blood transfusion since two years before admission. he suffered from paraparesis with a history of progre...

Venous aneurysms are a relatively rare pathology, far less common than arterial aneurysms. Unrelated to either age or gender, they can affect any vein, including cervical, thoracic, visceral, and lower limb veins. Aneurysmal dilatations in cervical veins are rare due to low pressure in the vena cava system; they can involve any vein but most frequently are observed on the internal and external ...

An 86-year-old man presented with bilateral lower limb edema and was found to have hydropneumothorax on chest radiography. CT revealed a substantial pleural effusion plaques. The patient had history of working in stone workshop, but the extent asbestos exposure remained unknown. Thoracic drainage subsequent thoracoscopic surgery confirmed presence biphasic malignant mesothelioma through patholo...

2011;58;654 J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. and Masakazu Yamagishi Uchiyama, Masa-aki Kawashiri, Shigeyuki Tomita, Hidekazu Ino, Go Watanabe, Hayato Tada, Toshinari Tsubokawa, Tetsuo Konno, Kenshi Hayashi, Katsuharu Salvaging Total Lower Limb Ischemia Impact of Bilateral Internal Thoracic-to-Epigastric Artery Communications on This information is current as of July 28, 2011 http://content.onlinejacc.org/...