Patients with laryngeal cancer have a high risk of developing lung cancer in the future. A patient presented with a complaint of left-sided chest pain for the last 3 months. Chest X-ray posterior-anterior view showed a homogeneous opacity in the left upper lung field with elevation of the diaphragm on the left side. CECT thorax revealed a heterogeneously enhancing soft tissue density mass lesio...

Although a rare entity, chondrosarcoma is the most common malignant tumor of the chest wall. Most patients present with an enlarging, painful anterior chest wall mass arising from the costochondrosternal junction. CT scan with intravenous contrast is the gold standard radiographic study for diagnosis and operative planning. Contrary to previous dictum, resection may be performed in an appropria...

Rigidity of the thorax in ankylosing spondylitis was first recognized as long ago as 1695, when Bernard Connor described a skeleton showing the characteristic rigidity of the thoracic cage and lumbar spine and concluded that respiration must have been greatly restricted during the life of the unfortunate sufferer. This astute observation remained the only one of its kind until Hilton Fagge (187...

We are now about half way through our term of office (unless we are prematurely fired for terminal misbehaviour); here we review where we are, and where we are going, and have the first instalment of the showcase of some of our best articles from last year. We have maintained our second position with an improved impact factor (6.84) over 2011, we continue to attract very high quality manuscript...

To cite: Ammannagari N, Polu V. BMJ Case Reports Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2012008158 DESCRIPTION A 62-year-old woman, with no significant medical history, was found unresponsive at home. Patient was intubated and rushed to our emergency room. She was found to be in renal failure with hyperkalaemia. Chest x-ray (figure 1) revealed multiple large pulmonary...

OBJECTIVE To present a case of endobronchial metastasis from a seminoma mimicking a primary pulmonary mass on X-ray radiograph. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 27-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of hemoptysis. Thorax computerized tomography of the patient obtained at the level of the main right bronchi demonstrated a mass with a size of 7 x 6 cm and a peripheral lobulat...

A 60-year-old man with diabetes presented to hospital with gradual onset hoarseness of 7 months duration. He was a smoker for the last 30 years and did not have any other symptoms such as cough, dyspnea or weight loss. Physical examination showed a normal pulse and blood pressure. Indirect laryngoscopy revealed a paralyzed left vocal cord in paramedian position (Picture 1). A chest X-ray showed...

The thoracic injury involves injury which occurs in the thoracic region of the body. The spectrum of manifestation can vary widely—from simple rib fracture to life threatening tension pneumothorax. In addition, the thorax encompasses the important organs of the body, such as the lungs and heart which may also be injured. There is a variability in the clinical manifestation based on the nature o...

OBJECTIVE To present the early 2D and 3D ultrasound findings and the molecular confirmation in a case of thanatophoric dysplasia. METHODS On ultrasound examination, there was frontal bossing, increased nuchal translucency and short limbs at 12 weeks' gestation and a small thorax and short and bowed long bones on 3D at 16 weeks. Amniocentesis and DNA analysis confirmed the mutation of FGFR3 ge...