Afemale child with visceral heterotaxy (presumed left isomerism), interrupted inferior vena cava with azygos continuation to the superior vena cava, and double-outlet right ventricle underwent a total cavopulmonary anastomosis (end-to-side anastomosis of the superior vena cava to the right pulmonary artery) in infancy. Completion of Fontan circulation was undertaken at 3 years of age with const...

The clinical appearance, typical localization, diagnostic procedure and the treatment of hemangiosarcoma--the most frequent malignant tumor of the heart are reported by the case of a 27 years old woman. The patient suffered from dyspnea, congestion of the superior caval vein and paroxysmal tachycardia. X-ray showed cardiac enlargement due to pericardial effusion. Echocardiography revealed a lar...

We report a case of interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) as a rare developmental defect. Inferior vena cava interruption is usually accompanied with azygos and hemiazygos continuation, and is asymptomatic. Consequently, venous blood from the caudal part of the body reaches the heart via the azygous vein and superior vena cava. A 50 year old female who came for routine health check-up was found ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The reported incidence of PCE during PV varies, depending on the sensitivity of diagnostic tests used. To assess the true incidence of PCE, we performed native chest CT during follow-up in a large proportion of patients from the VERTOS II trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS VERTOS II is a prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing PV with conservative therap...

UNLABELLED The objective of this study was to clarify the participation of heat-shock protein 70 (HSP70) and the humoral immune system in antitumor immunity in esophageal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS Immunohistochemical staining for HSP 70, and CD4(+) T-, CD8(+) T-, B- and plasma cells was performed on surgical specimens obtained from 125 patients with esophageal cancer. An enzyme-linked immu...

Until quite recently accessory lobes of the human lungs have been of but little interest except to the anatomist. To the clinician they were an unknown quantity. The X-ray has been disclosing them without their presence being appreciated. For years an unusual, fine, curved, linear shadow was noted very occasionally in the upper right-lung field, extending from the apex to a point near the media...

A 66-year-old female who had been receiving treatment for a non-tuberculous pulmonary mycobacterial infection underwent enhanced computed tomography (CT). A wellcircumscribed, high density nodule, measuring 12 mm in diameter, was noted in the right main bronchus (Picture 1) and it was initially considered to be a calcified mediastinal lymph node that had been caused by the mycobacterial infecti...