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FIVE UNUSUAL THORACIC CASES *
Author(s) -
MacMahon John S.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1951.tb06848.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonectomy , lung , cardiothoracic surgery , general surgery , surgery , intensive care medicine , radiology
Summary. Some interesting cases met with in the surgery of the chest are reported which in‐clude:‐ 1.Torulosis of the lung. 2.Massive pulmonary haemorrhage treated by pneumonectomy. 3.Posterior mediastinal goitre. 4.Pulmonary adenomatosis. A short description has been given of the above clinical conditions. The difficulties of diagnosis and technical problems encoun‐tered at operation have been described.