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...

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%...

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Recurrence of testicular tumors in young males generally prompts rapid investigation and treatment. We report 3 patients with past histories of treated testicular cancer referred with radiographic evidence suggestive of intrathoracic metastases. In each case chest imaging demonstrated mediastinal/hilar lymphadenopathy. In one case pulmonary nodules were also identifi ed. In all three patients f...

Thoraic splenosis is a rare entity after splenic and diaphragmatic injury. We report on a patient who had left pulmonary masses on a routine chest roentgenogram. It was impossible to rule out the possibility of other tumors or malignancies from past history, radiographic findings and needle biopsy. The patient underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The resected tumor was diagnosed as...

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.