Nikolaos Barbetakis

..Cutaneous metastases in the facial region occur in less than 0.5% of patients with metastatic cancer...

..Pathology revealed multiple granulomatous and necrotic lesions consistent with tuberculous osteomyelitis. On a 4-drug antituberculous regimen the patient is an excellent condition 6 months later...

..Chylous cardiac tamponade is a rare condition with little known cause...

..It represents a terminal condition with short median survival (in terms of months) and the goal is palliation. Aim of our study is to analyze morbidity, mortality and life expectancy following videothoracoscopic talc poudrage...

..A case of tension pneumocephalus following Pancoast tumor resection is presented. Conservative management was successful. The presenting symptoms and signs, diagnostic methods and options for treatment are discussed and reviewed...

..Cutaneous metastases in the facial region occur in less than 0.5% of patients with metastatic cancer. They are an important finding and are not often the first sign leading to diagnosis...

..Among human neoplasms thymomas are associated with highest frequency with paraneoplastic autoimmune diseases...

..Pathology was consistent with hibernoma. Despite their benign behavior, some variants of hibernoma can be confused histologically with liposarcoma. Therefore, long-term follow-up is advisable...

..Reduction in visual acuity combined with blurred vision is rarely the first sign of lung cancer and very few cases have been announced globally...

..The purpose of this study was to review our clinic's experience of such cases, focusing on survival and the functional outcome...

..On the other hand, pleural tenting has been used for more than a decade by thoracic surgeons to prevent prolonged air leak after formal upper lobectomy with excellent results...

..He underwent an en bloc wide resection of the tumor, which was confirmed to be metastatic. Twelve months after excision and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy he remains in complete remission...

..A rare case of a unilateral re-expansion pulmonary edema following video-assisted thoracic surgery for malignant pleural effusion is described...

..One year after this combined operation, the patient is well, with no recurrence of either tumour...

..Atrial fibrillation as the first clinical presentation of left atrial compression by a giant mediastinal teratoma is extremely uncommon and very few cases have been described in the English literature...

..Diagnosis was established intraoperatively. The biological behavior of primary PMCAC is unknown. Therefore, careful long-term follow-up is considered necessary because of lack of experience globally...

..Iatrogenic injuries of the membranous trachea have become increasingly common and may trigger a cascade of immediate life-threatening complications...

..They are often asymptomatic and when growing to large size the presenting symptoms are related to direct invasion or compression of other thoracic organs such as the heart, great vessels and lung...

..Empyema drainage and visceral parietal pleurectomy by a left postolateral thoracotomy proved to be of vital importance and a permanent solution...

..Active mediastinitis and the patient's objection to further surgery led us to perform percutaneous coil embolisation. No postoperative complication was observed and one year later the patient is in excellent condition...

..Tracheal injury was successfully managed surgically with the use of a bovine pericardial patch and reinforcement with the gastric conduit which was moved toward the posterior wall of the membranous trachea sealing the wall laceration...

..A case of a bronchogenic esophageal cyst presenting with progressive dysphagia in a 46-year-old man is described. A video-assisted thoracoscopic excision was performed successfully. Details of the procedure are discussed...

..Most glomus tumours occur in the dermis and subcutaneous tissues. A case of a primary pulmonary glomus tumour originating in the right upper lobe is presented...

..Purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of the percutaneous insertion and use of totally implantable central venous access ports (TICVAP)...

..Leiomyomas of esophagus, although rare, are the most frequent benign tumors of esophagus. Aim of this study is the presentation of 7 patients with esophageal leiomyomas who underwent surgical treatment during a 9-year period...

..Diaphragmatic hernia complicating pregnancy is rare and results in a high mortality rate, particularly if early surgical intervention is not undertaken...

..It is well known that patients with a bicuspid aortic valve have an increased incidence of other congenital anomalies, but the combination presented in our case is very rare...

..A case of a 41-year-old man with pneumopericardium following an episode of persistent cough one day after tracheostomy closure is presented. Conservative management with hemodynamic monitoring and serial chest X-rays was effective...

..When this occurs, prognosis seems to be poor. Surveillance of these patients should be close and long term...

..Combined treatment with pleural drainage, "nothing per os", total parenteral nutrition and subcutaneous injection of somatostatin was effective and led to rapid cessation of chyle production...

..It is concluded that symptomatic maternal diaphragmatic hernia during pregnancy is a surgical emergency and requires a high index of suspicion...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of plasma NT-pro-BNP in identifying cardiac metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and dyspnoea...

..The purpose of this study is to define prevalence, type, risk factors for post-thoracotomy supraventricular arrhythmias and to assess the efficacy of amiodarone as an antiarrhythmic drug...