Management of solitary thyroid nodule (STN) still remains uncertain despite the many sophisticated investigations which are presently available.l f The problem is aggravated by the fact, that in the literature, the quoted incidence of malignancy in STN varies depending on the basis of selection of cases for surgery, population studied, goitrogenicity of the region and the investigations used.l ...

Seborrheic keratosis is a common benign epidermal tumor histologically composed of basaloid and squamous cells. It mainly occurs on the face, scalp, and trunk, and presents clinically as a well-circumscribed, brownish to black papule, nodule, or plaque. Trichoblastoma is a relatively rare benign, slow-growing tumor showing differentiation toward the primitive hair follicle. It clinically manife...

The approach to patients with indeterminate pulmonary nodules is poorly defined. Should every pulmonary nodule be biopsied, is needle biopsy adequate, and other questions are challenges. Video assisted thoracic surgery or thoracoscopy has added a new diagnostic possibility which is evaluated in this paper. Fifty-five patients underwent thoracoscopy for diagnosis of a solitary pulmonary nodule. ...