Neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF-1) associated-intrathoracic meningocele is a rare clinical finding. We report the cases of two adults who were diagnosed with NF-1-associated intrathoracic meningoceles and successfully treated with a novel surgical technique called “dural turnover repair method.” Both patients were symptomatic. Preoperative imaging showed a cystic lesion in the thoracic cavity of b...

and a subcostal approach is used to reduce the risk of intrathoracic complications. Better knowledge of pleural and diaphragmatic anatomy and further development in surgical techniques have reduced the risk of intrathoracic complications, but published series report rates of intrathoracic complications varying between 3.1% and 12.5% in those undergoing supracostal percutaneous access. These ser...

We report a case of combined subcutaneous, intrathoracic, and abdominal splenosis who presented with attacks of flushing, tachycardia and vague abdominal pain. The patient's past medical history included a splenectomy due to abdominal trauma and years later, a lung lobectomy due to recurrent pneumonia. An enhancing solid mass adjacent to the upper pole of the left kidney and nodular pleural bas...

introduction: rapid diagnosis of traumatic intrathoracic injuries leads to improvement in patient management. this study was designed to evaluate the diagnostic value of chest radiography (cxr) in comparison to chest computed tomography (ct) scan in diagnosis of traumatic intrathoracic injuries. methods: participants of this prospective diagnostic accuracy study included multiple trauma patient...

Intrathoracic fat volume, more specifically, epicardial fat volume, is an emerging imaging biomarker of adverse cardiovascular events. The purpose of this work is to show the feasibility and reproducibility of intrathoracic fat volume measurement applied to contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography images. A retrospective cohort study of 62 subjects free of cardiovascular disease (55%...

Published reports of intrathoracic meningocele with vertebral corpus defects in the absence of neurofibromatosis are very rare. We report a 9-year-old male with intrathoracic meningocele. We believe that vertebral corpus defects may play a certain role in the etiology of intrathoracic meningocele.

UNLABELLED A patient is described who presented with an intrathoracic stomach and spleen two weeks after aortic repair for an aortoduodenal fistula. At an urgent laparotomy the stomach was repositioned and the spleen removed. The patient recovered fully. The possible mechanism of this severe complication is discussed and relevant literature reviewed. KEYWORDS Aortoduodenal fistula; Complicati...