An eight-week-old infant presented with dyspnoea two months after an uneventful normal vaginal delivery. Radiologically, a sharply outlined radiolucent area surrounded by atelectasis was seen in the upper lobe of the left lung. A left upper lobectomy was performed with the clinical impression of congenital pulmonary emphysema. The resected specimen displayed multiple cysts 2 to 6 mm in diameter...

There are many methods for achieving one-lung ventilation (OLV) during thoracic surgery in neonates and the accuracy of OLV may affect postoperative outcome. The authors have performed OLV using a 5 Fr Arndt endobronchial blocker (AEB, Cook Inc., Bloomington, IN, USA) on a neonate diagnosed with congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation and respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) associated with m...

: Hydatid cyst is one of the predominantly cystic liver lesions and also a zoonotic disease that highly endemic in Mediterranean region. This condition has extensive differential diagnoses, such as hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma, rare benign tumor, which commonly occurs infants children, extremely adults. Its imaging findings vary from tumor to solid mass occupying or both lobes liver. We report...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of a skills-based CD-ROM intervention, with and without a parent component, to reduce alcohol use among urban youth at 6-year follow-up. METHOD At recruitment, 513 youths with a mean age of 10.8 years were randomly assigned to one of three study arms: youth CD-ROM intervention plus parent component, youth CD-ROM intervention only, o...

Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung is a rare lesion that typically manifests as severe progressive respiratory distress in the neonate secondary to expansion of the affected lung. We present a neonate in whom this condition was diagnosed and managed at the Aga Khan University Hospital. In presenting this patient, we hope to highlight the radiological aspects of this conditio...

Hamartoma es una masa desorganizada, benigna, compuesta por tejidos y células nativas de sitio anatómico afectado. El hamartoma lingual infantil un tumor benigno e infrecuente que generalmente se descubre en la niñez. No conoce patogenia, pero parece estar relacionada a persistencia restos embrionarios mesenquimales. Se presenta el caso paciente con patología región lingual.

INTRODUCTION The majority of tracheal tumors in adults are malignant. The finding of a benign tumor in the trachea is uncommon and endotracheal hamartomas are rare. PRESENTATION OF CASE We report two cases presenting within six months at our institution. The first patient is a 67 year-old man who was found to have an asymptomatic endotracheal hamartoma on chest imaging for aortic valve replac...

Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) is a rare congenital abnormality. Symptomatic presentation in adult life is extremely uncommon. The usual radiological appearance of CCAM is a cystic space-occupying lesion. Patients with underlying cystic lung disease can develop in-flight complications because of pressure-volume changes during ascent. We report the first ever case in which spo...

Adenomatoid tumors are rare benign neoplasms that normally occur in the scrotum. The clinical symptoms and routine examinations mean that it is difficult to distinguish adenomatoid tumors from malignant intratesticular solid tumors, which may result in unnecessary orchidectomies. The present report describes two adenomatoid tumor patients treated between 2006 and 2013 at the Peking University S...

Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma has characteristic clinicopathological features and it is accepted as the upper airway analogue of mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall. It is a rare lesion and only 31 cases have been reported in the English literature until 2014. In this article, a 13-year-old nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma case is presented, which is the first nasal chondromesenchyma...