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We present a case of biphasic pulmonary blastoma, a rare primary malignant lung neoplasm, in a 48 year old man. Despite its resection followed by postoperative chemotherapy, the neoplasm recurred and the patient survived only 41 months after the diagnosis.
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Lung Neoplasms/therapy , Pulmonary Blastoma/therapy , Humans , Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Male , Middle Aged , Pulmonary Blastoma/diagnosis , Pulmonary Blastoma/pathology , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
We report the case of a 32-year-old man with the onset of exercise-related dyspnea, chest pain and chest radiography simulating a pleural effusion. The computed tomography of the chest showed signs suggesting pleural liposarcoma. Because of these findings, a videothoracoscopy was performed which surprisingly showed the presence in the left pleural space of intrapleural omentum and spleen. This report underlines that the clinical manifestations of Bochdalek hernia in adults are variegate and in most cases preoperative diagnosis is not possible.
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Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital , Liposarcoma/diagnosis , Pleural Neoplasms/diagnosis , Adult , Hernia, Diaphragmatic/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Thoracoscopy , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Subcutaneous emphysema (SE) is the presence of air or other gas in the subcutaneous tissue and is generally associated with pneumothorax and/or pneumomediastinum. We describe an unusual presentation of SE of the chest wall without radiological evidence of pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum, which aetiopathogenesis remains open to several hypotheses in spite of an accurate clinical study.
