Thoracic Surgery

Lung sequestration and foregut cyst misleading staging investigations for colonic cancer

N. Tregay, R. Krishnadas, E. Toy and P. Froeschle

We report the diagnostic challenges raised by the uncommon synchronous finding of a lung sequestration and foregut cyst in a 76-year-old male scheduled for radical treatment of his colonic cancer. Following a computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest and a combined positron emission tomography (PET)-CT scan these lesions initially suggested a primary lung cancer with...

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(Vol 9 p 45-48, Radiology, Thoracic surgery: 7 December 2009)

Conservative management of large intrapulmonary haemorrhage following penetrating chest trauma

D.J. Marsh, S. Mills and F.W. Cross

Penetrating chest wounds can hide a range of life threatening injuries and often require emergency surgical management. It is important that the patient be assessed and managed according to clinical need and response to medical intervention. This is a case of a patient with a large intrapulmonary haematoma who was managed conservatively and made a good recovery without...

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(Vol 7 p 54-57, Thoracic Surgery, Trauma: 13 June 2007)

Pneumothorax and Birt–Hogg–Dube syndrome: diagnostic and therapeutic aspects

S. N. Andrews, R. Krishnadas, R. G. Berrisford and P. O. Froeschle

We report a case of spontaneous recurrent pneumothorax in a 32-year-old male with a family history of Birt–Hogg–Dube syndrome. Specific aspects of the surgical treatment for a pneumothorax within this particular setting are discussed as well as the potential underdiagnosis of this complex genodermatosis. The literature linking the syndrome to spontaneous pneumothorax is...

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(Vol 7 p 18-20, Respiratory Medicine, Thoracic Surgery: 1 March 2007)

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Editor-in-Chief

Frank Cross

Consultant Surgeon

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Editors

Neil Barnes

Consultant Physician

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Ali Jawad

Consultant Rheumatologist

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK