A fatal case with a primary choriocarcinoma of the lung is presented. The 43 year old women developed pain of the left chest wall for two months. Chest radiographs displayed a small peripherally localized tumor in the left upper lobe measuring 1 cm * 2 cm involving the adjacent pleura. She has been a smoker with about 20 pack years. The histology revealed an undifferentiated carcinoma; the immu...

Cystic hygroma or macrocystic lymphatic malformation is a well-known entity and its diagnosis and management is also well described in literature. Rarely its size and location may pose management challenges.[1-3] We managed a case of humongous macrocystic lymphatic malformation of axilla and chest wall in a newborn. At 25 weeks of gestation, a 16cm mass was reported by antenatal ultrasound arou...

A large full-thickness chest wall defect over 10 cm in diameter requires skeletal reconstruction and soft tissue coverage. Use of various flaps for soft tissue coverage was previously reported, but en bloc resection in each case affects these flap pedicles and sizes. We present a case of a 74-year-old man with a soft tissue tumor involving the left lateral chest wall. We performed an en block r...