Solitary Fibrous Tumors (SFTs) are rare primary pleural neoplasms which have recently been reported in extra-thoracic sites. In this report, solitary fibrous tumor arising in an intra-thoracic goiter with no evidence of cervical mass in a 74-year-old obese man who was found to have a large superior mediastinal mass with tracheal deviation on Chest X-Ray is presented.

There are about 33 processes commercially available for the production of aluminium castings. About 70% of the castings are produced using conventional high-pressure die-casting process. It’s main drawbacks are 1) Air and gas blow holes 2) Unable to weld 3) unable to heat treat to enhance mechanical properties. To overcome these, many modern processes have been invented. A few of them are 1) Hi...

a 46- year–old man with pulmonary tuberculosis which had treated with ant tuberculosis drugs was referred to medical mycology laboratory, school of public health and institute of public health research for coughing and bloody sputum. chest x-ray revealed a cavern with a moveable mass in right apical lobe. direct examination of sputum showed wide septated dichotomous hyphae and aspergillus fumig...

ingestion of foreign bodies is common and conservative treatment can eliminated most particlesfrom the gastrointestinal tractunless peritoneal signs appear. a 22-year-old man presented to emergency department who had ingested glass particles of a crushed beverage bottle. he complained of epigastric and periumbilical pain. physical examination did not revealany peritoneal signs. abdominal x-ray ...

A 51-YEAR-OLD white man with a 45-year history of smoking was noted to have an abnormality on a routine chest x-ray. He denied any history of cough, sputum production, chest pain, dyspnea, weight loss, weakness, or tuberculosis. There was no previous chest x-ray available for comparison. The patient’s physical examination results were unremarkable. His chest x-ray is shown in Figure 1 and a com...