Total collapse

Total collapse of a lung / Total collapse of a lung occurs when the obstruction is within the main stem bronchus. Once again a carcinoma is the commonest cause in adults. The appearance is one of total opacification of the...
http://www.gla.ac.uk/External/SRS/xrayfile/xray/tutors/collapse/total.htm

 

Lung Cancer - oncologychannel

... Each root is made up of a main stem bronchus (large air passage connecting the windpipe to the right or left lungs), pulmonary artery (major artery that brings oxygen-poor blood back to the right or left lungs), pulmonary...
http://www.oncologychannel.com/lungcancer/index.shtml

 

Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging - New Methods, May 2, 2008

Click here to view next page of this article / Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging / Chest X-Ray ... Left atrial enlargement may be detected by an upward displacement of the left main-stem bronchus, or posterior displacement of the...
http://www.ccspublishing.com/journals2a/cardiac_imaging.htm

 

eMedicine - Tracheomalacia : Article by Sat SharmaeMedicine - Tracheomalacia : Article by

Home / Specialties / Reference Centers ... In a recent study, silicone stents were inserted into the trachea or left main-stem bronchus in 14 children (aged 2-69 mo) for tracheomalacia or airway kinking (7 cases), vascular...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2976.htm

 

Chest Trauma - New Treatments, May 2, 2008

... Blunt tracheal or broncial injuries are often due to compression of the airway between the sternum and the vertebral column in decelerating steering wheel motor vehicle accidents with resultant shearing of the right main stem...
http://www.medical-library.org/journals2a/chest_trauma.htm

 

Pericardial Cyst

CTSNet is sponsored in part by an educational grant from / MEMBER SERVICES: / Update Profile | / Join CTSNet / ABOUT US | / CONTACT US | / Search CTSNet: / CTSNet HOME / Specialty Portals ... Cardiac tamponade, obstruction of right main...
http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/clinicalresources/clinicalcases/article-16.html

 

World Anaesthesia Issue 17

Issue 17 (2003) Article 6: Page 1 of 1 / BRONCHOSCOPY FOR A FOREIGN BODY IN A CHILD / Dr P Dix, Exeter, UK / Introduction Types of bronchoscope / Presentation Case history ... A chest Xray showed a radio-opaque sphere in the area of the right main...
http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u17/u1706_01.htm

 

Journal of Medical Case Reports |Full text |Posterior mediastinal hematoma- a rare case following a fall from standing height: a case report

... The most important of these signs include loss of aortic contour, tracheal deviation, ratio of mediastinal width to chest width, deviation of a nasogastric tube (when used) to the right of the T-4 spinous process, and depression of the left...
http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/1/1/185

 

International Seminars in Surgical Oncology |Full text |Results of a planned interim toxicity analysis with trimodality therapy, including carboplatin AUC = 4

Skip to main content / 17-Dec-2007  ... A bone scan was required if the alkaline phosphatase was two times the institution's upper limit of normal, and a bronchoscopy was required if the primary tumor was adjacent to the trachea or left main...
http://www.issoonline.com/content/1/1/9

 

World Journal of Surgical Oncology |Full text |Complications after oesophagectomy with possible contribution of neoadjuvant therapy including an EGFR-antibody

Skip to main content / 18-Dec-2007  / Home | / Browse articles | / Search | / Weblinks | ... The reported incidence of tracheal lesions is about 4 percent and about a third of the patients dies during the postoperative course, mostly because of...
http://www.wjso.com/content/5/1/114

 
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