The incidence of recurrent pneumothoraces was analyzed in mechanically ventilated patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or non-ARDS causes of respiratory failure who had ipsilateral chest tubes in place. The radiographs of 39 consecutive patients with 47 initial pneumothoraces were evaluated for pneumothorax recurrence and chest tube positioning, which was prospectively d...

Fig. 1 – Massive pleural effusion in the right hemithorax, diffuse bilateral micronodular infiltration in both lungs, and hilar lymphadenopathy in thoracic CT. A 29-year-old male patient was admitted at the hospital with complaints of diarrhea and weight loss that had started two months ago. In his physical examination and laboratory tests, HIV positivity was detected (CD4 cell count 175 mL–1, ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the radiologic findings of migrating lobar atelectasis of the right lung. MATERIALS AND METHODS Chest radiographs (n = 6) and CT scans (n = 5) of six patients with migrating lobar atelectasis of the right lung were analyzed retrospectively. The underlying diseases associated with lobar atelectasis were bronchogenic carcinoma (n = 4), bronchial tuberculosis (n = 1), and t...

Here, we report the case of a 37-year-old asymptomatic male patient who was referred because of abnormalities seen on a routine chest X-ray. The physical examination findings and laboratory test results were normal. A new chest X-ray revealed a large opacity in the left lower hemithorax. Chest CT revealed a heterogeneous pleural mass in the left lower hemithorax (Fig. 1). The mass appeared to b...

Herein, we report a case of giant lung hydatid cyst in a nine-year-old boy. For four years, he experienced mild chest pain and chronic nonproductive cough. He had a trauma resulted from a fall two days before admission. Chest X-ray showed misdiagnosed massive pleural effusion, and was aspirated in the other hospital. However, after admission, the computed tomography revealed a giant lung hydati...

Teratomas are germ cell tumors, manifested with a great variety of clinical features; the most common extragonadal site is the anterior mediastinum. In this case, we report the patient with a large mature mediastinal teratoma with several components of ectodermal and endothermal epithelium. A 24-year-old female patient presented with history of persistent chest pain and progressively aggravatin...

intrathoracic gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge in the thoracic cavity, is a rare but serious complication of thoracic surgeries. a 70-year-old man presented with an eight-month history of cough. he had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery eight years ago. the posteroanterior chest x-ray revealed a well-marginated homogeneous opacity at the left hemithorax with striped appearance in t...