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Publikováno v:
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery. 9:961-964
Malignant pleural effusions in the presence of trapped lung remain notoriously difficult to treat. Various methods exist ranging from minimally invasive procedures including repeated needle thoracocentesis to the need for a formal surgical procedure
Publikováno v:
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 21:587-590
Swallow or deglutition syncope is a very unusual potentially lethal but treatable disorder. We report the case of a 26-year-old woman, who presented with a history of recurrent, multiple fainting episodes precipitated by swallowing. Twenty-four-hour
Publikováno v:
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Castleman’s disease is a benign lymphoproliferative disease characterised by hyperplasia of lymphoid follicles. It can affect any lymph nodes in the body. Here we describe a caucasian patient who presented with six months history of shortness of br
Publikováno v:
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 35:1108-1110
Tachy-brady syndromeor sick-sinus syndrome as it is also known is a cardiac rhythm disturbanceresulting in alternatingepisodes of bradycardia and tachycardia. Diagnosis can be difficult because of its nonspecific symptoms and elusive findings on elec
Publikováno v:
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery. 6:130-132
Boerhaave's perforation is a serious condition describing spontaneous transmural perforation of the oesophagus. The classical presentation of this condition is vomiting, lower thoracic pain and subcutaneous emphysema. However, the condition often pre
Publikováno v:
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 26:652-654
A 63-year-old man presented with a 2 month history of intermittent right subcostal and shoulder tip pain. Preoperative imaging confirmed a locally advanced right lower lobe lung tumour involving the diaphragm and liver. Bronchoscopic biopsy confirmed
Publikováno v:
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 34(6)
The presentation of the bronchogenic cyst is variable making preoperative diagnosis difficult. The majority are either asymptomatic or discovered incidentally. The most common presenting symptoms are cough, fever and dyspnoea. We discuss the case of
Publikováno v:
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 33(6)
Hyperhidrosis is a debilitating condition characterised by sweating that exceeds the need of normal thermoregulation. Surgical management of primary hyperhidrosis by upper dorsal sympathectomy is the treatment of choice for intractable hyperhidrosis,
Publikováno v:
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 3(2)
A 21-year-old man presented with a recent onset history of tingling and numbness of his left upper limb. He also had a 3 year history of anhydrosis affecting the left half of his face and left upper limb. Clinical and Doppler assessment did not revea
Publikováno v:
The Annals of thoracic surgery. 84(6)