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Trakia Journal of Science, 2017
Virtual bronchoscopy (VB) is 3-dimensional computer-generated technology, creating endobronchial ... more Virtual bronchoscopy (VB) is 3-dimensional computer-generated technology, creating endobronchial images from spiral CT data. The study aims to present summarized results from researches of different foreign authors about the advantages of VB, the possibilities for its application and the effectiveness of its use in routine practice in the diagnosis of tumors of the trachea and bronchi. The three-dimensional model of the tracheobronchial tree allows assessment of the airways from inside. The majority of the examined studies relate to the diagnosis of new formations of the respiratory tract, preparation for surgery, assessment of the results of surgery, etc. VB is a noninvasive method allowing to examine the smallest bronchi. Relatively few studies in Bulgaria as well as the ensured during recent years new modern equipment for VB and MDCT, provide great opportunities for making VB examinations to study the effectiveness and its wide application in daily X-ray practice.
Annals of Case Reports, 2018
Simultaneous occurrence of tuberculosis and lymphoma is a rare combination. A primary malignant d... more Simultaneous occurrence of tuberculosis and lymphoma is a rare combination. A primary malignant disease such as Hodgkin's disease (HD) can cause inhibition of cell-mediated immunity, which predisposes to concomitant tuberculosis infection. A congenital and acquired immune deficiency, the presence of autoimmune diseases suggests the development of tuberculosis. There is a close link between infectious mononucleosis caused by the Epstein-Barr virus and the development of Hodgkin's disease. We are describing a patient, aged 52 with simultaneous occurrence of tuberculosis combined with Hodgkin's lymphoma in a single cervical lymph node material developed with bilateral malignant pleural effusions and ascites, as the Hodgkin's disease has been determined at IV stage according to the Ann Arbor criteria.
PurPoSE: The surgical treatment is the most successful treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (N... more PurPoSE: The surgical treatment is the most successful treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSClC) in oncology practice. lung perfusion scintigraphy as a non-invasive method for evaluation of the perfusion defect related to tumor localization in lung cancer patients is considered the differentiating line of pulmonary tests to predict post-operative lung function. MATErIAlS AND METhoDS: We analyzed retrospectively the value of lung perfusion scintigraphy in 10 cases with primary lung carcinoma who had a pulmonectomy (9 left and 1 right pulmonectomy). rESulTS: Changes in affected lung perfusion varied from impaired in different rate to perfusion defect in at least 3 lung segments (presented in 3 of the patients), 4 lung segments (present in 2 of the patients), or parts of segments, or defect affecting whole lobe. Impaired perfusion in a zone with polycyclic outlines in homolateral hilum was present in 7 of the patients. Perfusion indices at localization in the left lung (8 of the patients) were mean =
Our aim was to analyzed the significance of CD11c and CD123 positive DCs and their relations with... more Our aim was to analyzed the significance of CD11c and CD123 positive DCs and their relations with some clinical and pathologic parameters of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The immunohistochemical expression of CD11c and CD123, was evaluated in 40 patients with NSCLC. After analysis we found that 35.3% of the patients in the T3-4 tumour stage had a high CD11c infiltration in the tumour stroma, while 100% of the patients in the T1-2 tumour stage had low infiltration (p = 0.03). We also found that 71.4% of patients in the M1 stage had a high infiltration with CD123 in the tumour stroma, whereas only 15.6% of patients without metastases had high infiltration, analogous data are also found in comparing the distribution of CD123 in the tumour border (p = 0.002 or p = 0.002). Comparing the density of CD123 in the border of lymph node involvement, we found that only 7.14% of patients without metastases had low infiltration with dendritic cells, whereas in patients with met...
Purpose : To determine the value of lung perfusion on predicting unresectability of lung carcinom... more Purpose : To determine the value of lung perfusion on predicting unresectability of lung carcinoma in patients with exploratory thoracotomy. Materials and methods : We analyzed retrospectively the value of lung perfusion scintigraphy in 25 cases with primary lung carcinoma who had an exploratory thoracotomy (18 right and 7 left thoracotomy), regarding preoperative suggestion of unresectability. In most of these patients other noninvasive diagnostic methods (X-ray and CT) did not indicate inoperability. Results : Only the perfusion lung scintigraphy demonstrated defects near the ipsilateral hilum and/or an enlargement of the mediastinum, displacement of mediastinum, displacement (pulling) of the hilum of the affected lung or a part of it to the mediastinum. At thoracotomy we found an involvement of hilar vessels and the mediastinum by the tumor or by “bulky” nodal metastases. Common peripheral concentric decrease of affected lung perfusion image dimensions, lacking or negligible perf...
PURPOSE : Most successful treatment of the lung cancer patients is the surgical resection. Lung p... more PURPOSE : Most successful treatment of the lung cancer patients is the surgical resection. Lung perfusion scintigraphy is established method in the complex pre-operative diagnostics of lung carcinoma. It is used for selection of candidates for surgical treatment and in determination of operability and in decision on the operation volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS : We analyzed retrospectively the value of lung perfusion scintigraphy in 27 cases with primary lung carcinoma who had a lobectomy. Survival probability was calculated by Kaplan- Meier method. The log rank test was used to compare survival rates between groups. RESULTS : All patients with lobectomy were staged pre-operatively by noninvasive procedures at stages I-IIIA. The lung perfusion scintigraphy demonstrated an enlarged mediastinum at 1 of the patients. Impaired perfusion in homolateral hilum and in the contralateral hilum was found in some of the patients. Changes in affected lung perfusion varied from impaired in differe...
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2020
The objective is to present diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy (vB) and fiberoptic b... more The objective is to present diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy (vB) and fiberoptic bronchoscopy (fB) for determining the localization and shape of stenoses in patients with central lung carcinoma. A systematic study was performed on 220 patients aged 11-83 (54.36±17.24) years with endobronchial disease using the fB and vB methods during the 2013-2017 period. Central carcinoma of the lung was found on vB in 130 patients and on fB in 120 patients. Other nosologic diseases were found in 22 patients. right localization of central carcinoma prevailed over left localization in both sexes. A significant difference in the localization criterion was found in female patients examined by vB (u-test, p=0.01). vB and fB yielded 86.5% vs. 91.60% precision and 85% vs. 94.5% sensitivity. in conclusion, vB was found to be a successful noninvasive method for determining the localization of lung tumors and shape of stenoses, which are essential in the diagnosis of malignant processes.
Polish Journal of Pathology, 2019
Our aim was to analyzed the significance of CD11c and CD123 positive DCs and their relations with... more Our aim was to analyzed the significance of CD11c and CD123 positive DCs and their relations with some clinical and pathologic parameters of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The immunohistochemical expression of CD11c and CD123, was evaluated in 40 patients with NSCLC. After analysis we found that 35.3% of the patients in the T3-4 tumour stage had a high CD11c infiltration in the tumour stroma, while 100% of the patients in the T1-2 tumour stage had low infiltration (p = 0.03). We also found that 71.4% of patients in the M1 stage had a high infiltration with CD123 in the tumour stroma, whereas only 15.6% of patients without metastases had high infiltration, analogous data are also found in comparing the distribution of CD123 in the tumour border (p = 0.002 or p = 0.002). Comparing the density of CD123 in the border of lymph node involvement, we found that only 7.14% of patients without metastases had low infiltration with dendritic cells, whereas in patients with metastatic lymph nodes that percentage was 41.7% (p = 0.008). In conclusion results suggest that CD11c-and CD123-positive DCs play an important role in antitumour immunity and can be predictive factor for tumour development in patients with NSCLC.
Trakia Journal of Science, 2015
The best treatment for lung cancer is a surgical resection. Patients in advanced stage are subjec... more The best treatment for lung cancer is a surgical resection. Patients in advanced stage are subject to chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Our aim is to evaluate whether the survival is related to perfusion index, stage and presence of radio and/or chemotherapy. Materials And Methods: We analyzed the follow-up of 125 patients (118 men and 7 women, 30-76 years of age) with lung perfusion scintigraphy made between years 1989 and 1998 until 2013. Fortythree patients have been treated by radio-chemotherapy and 82 by chemotherapy. Patients have been staged by TNM classification from II to IV clinical stage. Survival was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method, and groups were compared by the Mantel-Cox Log Rank test. Results: Perfusion changes varied from impaired in different extent perfusion to lack of perfusion in one of the lungs. The Median survival of radio-chemotherapy treated patients with perfusion index of affected lung less than 49% was 10,5 months and with perfusion index greater than 49% was 18,4 months. The overall Median survival of radio-chemotherapy treated patients was 11,2 months. The median survival of chemotherapy treated patients with perfusion index of affected lung less than 49% was 7,9 months and with perfusion index greater than 49% was 4,4 months. The overall Median survival for chemotherapy treated patients was 6,9 months. Conclusion: Perfusion index and stage were not statistically significant factors for the survival of patients with radio-chemotherapy and chemotherapy. Overall radio-chemotherapy treated patients have better median survival than the median survival by stage
Abstract Introduction 3 Traumas of the magistral auriferous pathways are exceptionally rare in me... more Abstract Introduction 3 Traumas of the magistral auriferous pathways are exceptionally rare in medical practice. This fact is a prerequisite for not knowing well their clinical manifestation. In their characteristics, iatrogenic lesions differ to a certain extent from the injuries of the tracheobronchial tree after open and closed thoracic trauma. This determines the different behaviour in these sufferers, which is a subject for discussion in scientific literature. Objectives To carry out a retrospective analysis including: clinical picture; diagnosic tools; treatment and to propose a modern behaviour algorhythm in patients with postintubation lesions based on the data thereof. Materials and methods Over a 25-year period (from 1988 to 2013), in the Clinic of Thoracic Surgery at yhe University Hospital at the Medical Faculty of the Thracian University in Stara Zagora, 16 patients with postintubation lesions of the TBT were treated. The distribution by gender was: male – 2, female – 1...
Khirurgii͡a, 2003
The trauma of the trachea and bronchi are extremely rare, in 0.6 to 3 per cent of the patients wi... more The trauma of the trachea and bronchi are extremely rare, in 0.6 to 3 per cent of the patients with chest trauma. Most common are the longitudinal lesions localized in the membranous part. Following are the transversal lesions localized between two cartilaginous rings and in 20 per cent of the cases total circular lesions with dislocation of the two ends are found. A review of the clinical signs, the complications, the diagnosis and the successful operative treatment of a patient with the latter particularly rare traumatic injury of the trachea is presented.
Khirurgii͡a, 2003
The study includes 1127 injured with thoracic trauma, 23 percent of them with polytrauma. The wor... more The study includes 1127 injured with thoracic trauma, 23 percent of them with polytrauma. The worse thoracic trauma were these with formed flail chest with pleural and lung complications, accompanied by severe disfunction in circulation and biomechanics of breathing. The application of minimal surgical procedures like pleural punctures and drainage of pleural cavities with aspiration achieved good results. Thoracotomy was performed on clear indications (unstoppable bleeding, large ruptures of lung parenchyma, suppurative lung haematoma, cardiac tamponade, rupture of major airways, rupture of diaphragm, rupture of oesophagus and coagulated haemothorax). The achieved mortality of 5.9 percent is an excellent index suggesting a choice of treatment.
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Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti, 1994
Cardiac injuries associated with a penetrating thoracic injury are not frequently encountered. Th... more Cardiac injuries associated with a penetrating thoracic injury are not frequently encountered. The usual course is characterized by massive haemorrhage, cardiac tamponade and an entering wound in the cardiac area. Diagnostic problems arise if these clinical syndromes are absent. In the course of two years at the authors' department two cases of tangential cardiac lesions in the posterior left ventricular wall without penetration into the heart without massive haemorrhage and tamponade were absent as haemorrhage of the pericardial lesion into the pleural space occurred. It is not without interest that the entry wound was far away from the heart and the cardiac lesions were detected during surgical intervention made on account of other symptoms.
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2003
Objective: To evaluate the early and long-term results after surgery for primary pulmonary sarcom... more Objective: To evaluate the early and long-term results after surgery for primary pulmonary sarcomas (PPS) and to compare them with those of patients with pulmonary carcinosarcomas (PCaSa). Methods: During a 20-year period, 48 patients with PPS and 15 patients with PCaSa underwent surgery. There were 40 males and 23 females with a mean age of 52.1 years (range 13-78). The histologic diagnoses in PPS group were fibrosarcoma (15), fibroleiomyosarcoma (10), leiomyosarcoma (6), rhabdomyosarcoma (6), hemangiopericytoma (3), epitheloid hemangioendothelioma (3), malignant schwannoma (1), liposarcoma (1) and undifferentiated sarcoma (3). The following curative resections were carried out: lobectomy (36), including two sleeve lobectomies (in PPS group), pneumonectomy (15) and polysegmental resections (4). In four PPS cases, these procedures were extended to the thoracic wall, diaphragm or pericardium. An atypical resection was applied in one PPS patient (the tumor was falsely classified as benign on frozen section examination). Exploratory thoracotomy was performed in five of PPS patients (11%) and in two of those with PCaSa (13%). The majority of PPS patients were with low stages I and II (76%). The PCaSa patients were predominantly with stage IIIA (39%). Results: No postoperative death was registered. Major complications included two localized empyemas (4.2%) in PPS and one reoperation for bronchial stump fistula (6.7%) in PCaSa groups. Local recurrences were operated on in one patient per group (2.1 and 6.7%, respectively). Follow-up was available on 57 patients and ranged from 4 to 148 months. The overall cumulative 5-year survival was 48.81% for PPS and 49.38% for PCaSa patients ðP ¼ 0:9035Þ. It was better in low vs. higher stage cases, statistically significant in PPS group ðP ¼ 0:0005Þ and without significant difference in PCaSa cohort ðP ¼ 0:11Þ. Conclusions: Complete resection of PPS and PCaSa favors an acceptable survival, especially in low stages. There is no significant difference in the survival rates between PPS and PCaSa patients, despite the greater number of cases with higher stages in PCaSa group.
Annals of Case Reports, Jan 9, 2018
Oesophageal ulcers are a rare pathological finding and usually they are not reason for considerat... more Oesophageal ulcers are a rare pathological finding and usually they are not reason for consideration. The complications they can cause are strictures of the oesophagus as a result of callous chronic ulcer, acute haemorrhage from an oesophageal ulcer or chronic bleeding with development of post-haemorrhagic anaemia, formation of an oesophageal-bronchial fistula, malignant degeneration and perforation with development of mediastinitis and empyema.They occur most frequently in the lower third of the oesophagus, where it is located on the left of the spinal column, just before the card oesophageal junction. Oesophageal ulcers with a higher location to the border between the lower and the middle third of the oesophagus, have also been reported. These ulcers often occur along with a duodenal ulcer and duodenal gastroesophageal reflux. Due to late acceptance of the diagnosis, in most cases after development of mediastinitis and empyema, the treatment is very difficult and with high death rate and incidence rate. The surgical method of treatment with T-tube drainage for release of the oesophageal lumen and the adequate drainage of the mediastinum and the pleural cavity become more and more common in comparison to the conventional methods with removal of the oesophagus and creation of esophagogastrostomy, used widely in the past.
Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 2020
Introduction/Objective. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy often is too aggressive, which requires the use o... more Introduction/Objective. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy often is too aggressive, which requires the use of other noninvasive diagnostic methods. The study presents research results on the diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy with multidetector computed tomography and fiberoptic bronchoscopy in traumatic abnormalities of trachea and main bronchi. Methods. A total of 21 patients (six males and 15 females) at the ages of 11?82 years (50.65 ? 19.8) were studied by the methods of virtual bronchoscopy with multidetector computed tomography and fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy as compared to fiberoptic bronchoscopy were assessed by established criteria. Results. Ruptures of the trachea and/or bronchi were proven by fiberoptic bronchoscopy in 21 patients and by virtual bronchoscopy in 19 patients. The greatest frequency was reported for the post-intubation ruptures (15 patients, 71.42% with virtual bronchoscopy; 16 patients, 76.19% with fiberop...
Introduction. The study aim to present the diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy (VB) a... more Introduction. The study aim to present the diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy (VB) and fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) for determining the localization and shape of stenoses in patients with peripheral lung carcinoma. Materials and methods. A systemic study was performed on 90 patients, 61 patients of them (67.78%) are men and 29 (32.23%) are women, 44-85 years of age, with endobronchial disease, using the FB and VB methods, over the period 2013-2020. Results. As a result of the study of 220 patients aged 11-83 years (54.36 ± 17.24), in 90 patients after VB (40.91%; 61 men 67.78% and 29 women 32.23%) and in 86 patients after FB (39.09%; 61 men 70.93% and 25 women 29.07%) peripheral lung carcinoma was found. Cases of men diagnosed with VB and FB with peripheral left carcinoma predominate (65.38% and 71.43%, respectively) compared to those in women (34.62% and 28.57%, respectively) and as well as with regard to cases with peripheral right carcinoma. Significant differences i...
Scripta Scientifica Medica, 2013
PURPOSE: To determine the value of lung perfusion on predicting unresectability of lung carcinoma... more PURPOSE: To determine the value of lung perfusion on predicting unresectability of lung carcinoma in patients with exploratory thoracotomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed retrospectively the value of lung perfusion scintigraphy in 25 cases with primary lung carcinoma who had an exploratory thoracotomy (18 right and 7 left thoracotomy), regarding preoperative suggestion of unresectability. In most of these patients other noninvasive diagnostic methods (X-ray and CT) did not indicate inoperability. RESULTS: Only the perfusion lung scintigraphy demonstrated defects near the ipsilateral hilum and/or an enlargement of the mediastinum, displacement of mediastinum, displacement (pulling) of the hilum of the affected lung or a part of it to the mediastinum. At thoracotomy we found an involvement of hilar vessels and the mediastinum by the tumor or by “bulky” nodal metastases. Common peripheral concentric decrease of affected lung perfusion image dimensions, lacking or negligible perfusi...
Trakia Journal of Science, 2017
Virtual bronchoscopy (VB) is 3-dimensional computer-generated technology, creating endobronchial ... more Virtual bronchoscopy (VB) is 3-dimensional computer-generated technology, creating endobronchial images from spiral CT data. The study aims to present summarized results from researches of different foreign authors about the advantages of VB, the possibilities for its application and the effectiveness of its use in routine practice in the diagnosis of tumors of the trachea and bronchi. The three-dimensional model of the tracheobronchial tree allows assessment of the airways from inside. The majority of the examined studies relate to the diagnosis of new formations of the respiratory tract, preparation for surgery, assessment of the results of surgery, etc. VB is a noninvasive method allowing to examine the smallest bronchi. Relatively few studies in Bulgaria as well as the ensured during recent years new modern equipment for VB and MDCT, provide great opportunities for making VB examinations to study the effectiveness and its wide application in daily X-ray practice.
Annals of Case Reports, 2018
Simultaneous occurrence of tuberculosis and lymphoma is a rare combination. A primary malignant d... more Simultaneous occurrence of tuberculosis and lymphoma is a rare combination. A primary malignant disease such as Hodgkin's disease (HD) can cause inhibition of cell-mediated immunity, which predisposes to concomitant tuberculosis infection. A congenital and acquired immune deficiency, the presence of autoimmune diseases suggests the development of tuberculosis. There is a close link between infectious mononucleosis caused by the Epstein-Barr virus and the development of Hodgkin's disease. We are describing a patient, aged 52 with simultaneous occurrence of tuberculosis combined with Hodgkin's lymphoma in a single cervical lymph node material developed with bilateral malignant pleural effusions and ascites, as the Hodgkin's disease has been determined at IV stage according to the Ann Arbor criteria.
PurPoSE: The surgical treatment is the most successful treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (N... more PurPoSE: The surgical treatment is the most successful treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSClC) in oncology practice. lung perfusion scintigraphy as a non-invasive method for evaluation of the perfusion defect related to tumor localization in lung cancer patients is considered the differentiating line of pulmonary tests to predict post-operative lung function. MATErIAlS AND METhoDS: We analyzed retrospectively the value of lung perfusion scintigraphy in 10 cases with primary lung carcinoma who had a pulmonectomy (9 left and 1 right pulmonectomy). rESulTS: Changes in affected lung perfusion varied from impaired in different rate to perfusion defect in at least 3 lung segments (presented in 3 of the patients), 4 lung segments (present in 2 of the patients), or parts of segments, or defect affecting whole lobe. Impaired perfusion in a zone with polycyclic outlines in homolateral hilum was present in 7 of the patients. Perfusion indices at localization in the left lung (8 of the patients) were mean =
Our aim was to analyzed the significance of CD11c and CD123 positive DCs and their relations with... more Our aim was to analyzed the significance of CD11c and CD123 positive DCs and their relations with some clinical and pathologic parameters of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The immunohistochemical expression of CD11c and CD123, was evaluated in 40 patients with NSCLC. After analysis we found that 35.3% of the patients in the T3-4 tumour stage had a high CD11c infiltration in the tumour stroma, while 100% of the patients in the T1-2 tumour stage had low infiltration (p = 0.03). We also found that 71.4% of patients in the M1 stage had a high infiltration with CD123 in the tumour stroma, whereas only 15.6% of patients without metastases had high infiltration, analogous data are also found in comparing the distribution of CD123 in the tumour border (p = 0.002 or p = 0.002). Comparing the density of CD123 in the border of lymph node involvement, we found that only 7.14% of patients without metastases had low infiltration with dendritic cells, whereas in patients with met...
Purpose : To determine the value of lung perfusion on predicting unresectability of lung carcinom... more Purpose : To determine the value of lung perfusion on predicting unresectability of lung carcinoma in patients with exploratory thoracotomy. Materials and methods : We analyzed retrospectively the value of lung perfusion scintigraphy in 25 cases with primary lung carcinoma who had an exploratory thoracotomy (18 right and 7 left thoracotomy), regarding preoperative suggestion of unresectability. In most of these patients other noninvasive diagnostic methods (X-ray and CT) did not indicate inoperability. Results : Only the perfusion lung scintigraphy demonstrated defects near the ipsilateral hilum and/or an enlargement of the mediastinum, displacement of mediastinum, displacement (pulling) of the hilum of the affected lung or a part of it to the mediastinum. At thoracotomy we found an involvement of hilar vessels and the mediastinum by the tumor or by “bulky” nodal metastases. Common peripheral concentric decrease of affected lung perfusion image dimensions, lacking or negligible perf...
PURPOSE : Most successful treatment of the lung cancer patients is the surgical resection. Lung p... more PURPOSE : Most successful treatment of the lung cancer patients is the surgical resection. Lung perfusion scintigraphy is established method in the complex pre-operative diagnostics of lung carcinoma. It is used for selection of candidates for surgical treatment and in determination of operability and in decision on the operation volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS : We analyzed retrospectively the value of lung perfusion scintigraphy in 27 cases with primary lung carcinoma who had a lobectomy. Survival probability was calculated by Kaplan- Meier method. The log rank test was used to compare survival rates between groups. RESULTS : All patients with lobectomy were staged pre-operatively by noninvasive procedures at stages I-IIIA. The lung perfusion scintigraphy demonstrated an enlarged mediastinum at 1 of the patients. Impaired perfusion in homolateral hilum and in the contralateral hilum was found in some of the patients. Changes in affected lung perfusion varied from impaired in differe...
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2020
The objective is to present diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy (vB) and fiberoptic b... more The objective is to present diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy (vB) and fiberoptic bronchoscopy (fB) for determining the localization and shape of stenoses in patients with central lung carcinoma. A systematic study was performed on 220 patients aged 11-83 (54.36±17.24) years with endobronchial disease using the fB and vB methods during the 2013-2017 period. Central carcinoma of the lung was found on vB in 130 patients and on fB in 120 patients. Other nosologic diseases were found in 22 patients. right localization of central carcinoma prevailed over left localization in both sexes. A significant difference in the localization criterion was found in female patients examined by vB (u-test, p=0.01). vB and fB yielded 86.5% vs. 91.60% precision and 85% vs. 94.5% sensitivity. in conclusion, vB was found to be a successful noninvasive method for determining the localization of lung tumors and shape of stenoses, which are essential in the diagnosis of malignant processes.
Polish Journal of Pathology, 2019
Our aim was to analyzed the significance of CD11c and CD123 positive DCs and their relations with... more Our aim was to analyzed the significance of CD11c and CD123 positive DCs and their relations with some clinical and pathologic parameters of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The immunohistochemical expression of CD11c and CD123, was evaluated in 40 patients with NSCLC. After analysis we found that 35.3% of the patients in the T3-4 tumour stage had a high CD11c infiltration in the tumour stroma, while 100% of the patients in the T1-2 tumour stage had low infiltration (p = 0.03). We also found that 71.4% of patients in the M1 stage had a high infiltration with CD123 in the tumour stroma, whereas only 15.6% of patients without metastases had high infiltration, analogous data are also found in comparing the distribution of CD123 in the tumour border (p = 0.002 or p = 0.002). Comparing the density of CD123 in the border of lymph node involvement, we found that only 7.14% of patients without metastases had low infiltration with dendritic cells, whereas in patients with metastatic lymph nodes that percentage was 41.7% (p = 0.008). In conclusion results suggest that CD11c-and CD123-positive DCs play an important role in antitumour immunity and can be predictive factor for tumour development in patients with NSCLC.
Trakia Journal of Science, 2015
The best treatment for lung cancer is a surgical resection. Patients in advanced stage are subjec... more The best treatment for lung cancer is a surgical resection. Patients in advanced stage are subject to chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Our aim is to evaluate whether the survival is related to perfusion index, stage and presence of radio and/or chemotherapy. Materials And Methods: We analyzed the follow-up of 125 patients (118 men and 7 women, 30-76 years of age) with lung perfusion scintigraphy made between years 1989 and 1998 until 2013. Fortythree patients have been treated by radio-chemotherapy and 82 by chemotherapy. Patients have been staged by TNM classification from II to IV clinical stage. Survival was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method, and groups were compared by the Mantel-Cox Log Rank test. Results: Perfusion changes varied from impaired in different extent perfusion to lack of perfusion in one of the lungs. The Median survival of radio-chemotherapy treated patients with perfusion index of affected lung less than 49% was 10,5 months and with perfusion index greater than 49% was 18,4 months. The overall Median survival of radio-chemotherapy treated patients was 11,2 months. The median survival of chemotherapy treated patients with perfusion index of affected lung less than 49% was 7,9 months and with perfusion index greater than 49% was 4,4 months. The overall Median survival for chemotherapy treated patients was 6,9 months. Conclusion: Perfusion index and stage were not statistically significant factors for the survival of patients with radio-chemotherapy and chemotherapy. Overall radio-chemotherapy treated patients have better median survival than the median survival by stage
Abstract Introduction 3 Traumas of the magistral auriferous pathways are exceptionally rare in me... more Abstract Introduction 3 Traumas of the magistral auriferous pathways are exceptionally rare in medical practice. This fact is a prerequisite for not knowing well their clinical manifestation. In their characteristics, iatrogenic lesions differ to a certain extent from the injuries of the tracheobronchial tree after open and closed thoracic trauma. This determines the different behaviour in these sufferers, which is a subject for discussion in scientific literature. Objectives To carry out a retrospective analysis including: clinical picture; diagnosic tools; treatment and to propose a modern behaviour algorhythm in patients with postintubation lesions based on the data thereof. Materials and methods Over a 25-year period (from 1988 to 2013), in the Clinic of Thoracic Surgery at yhe University Hospital at the Medical Faculty of the Thracian University in Stara Zagora, 16 patients with postintubation lesions of the TBT were treated. The distribution by gender was: male – 2, female – 1...
Khirurgii͡a, 2003
The trauma of the trachea and bronchi are extremely rare, in 0.6 to 3 per cent of the patients wi... more The trauma of the trachea and bronchi are extremely rare, in 0.6 to 3 per cent of the patients with chest trauma. Most common are the longitudinal lesions localized in the membranous part. Following are the transversal lesions localized between two cartilaginous rings and in 20 per cent of the cases total circular lesions with dislocation of the two ends are found. A review of the clinical signs, the complications, the diagnosis and the successful operative treatment of a patient with the latter particularly rare traumatic injury of the trachea is presented.
Khirurgii͡a, 2003
The study includes 1127 injured with thoracic trauma, 23 percent of them with polytrauma. The wor... more The study includes 1127 injured with thoracic trauma, 23 percent of them with polytrauma. The worse thoracic trauma were these with formed flail chest with pleural and lung complications, accompanied by severe disfunction in circulation and biomechanics of breathing. The application of minimal surgical procedures like pleural punctures and drainage of pleural cavities with aspiration achieved good results. Thoracotomy was performed on clear indications (unstoppable bleeding, large ruptures of lung parenchyma, suppurative lung haematoma, cardiac tamponade, rupture of major airways, rupture of diaphragm, rupture of oesophagus and coagulated haemothorax). The achieved mortality of 5.9 percent is an excellent index suggesting a choice of treatment.
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Rozhledy v chirurgii : měsíčník Československé chirurgické společnosti, 1994
Cardiac injuries associated with a penetrating thoracic injury are not frequently encountered. Th... more Cardiac injuries associated with a penetrating thoracic injury are not frequently encountered. The usual course is characterized by massive haemorrhage, cardiac tamponade and an entering wound in the cardiac area. Diagnostic problems arise if these clinical syndromes are absent. In the course of two years at the authors' department two cases of tangential cardiac lesions in the posterior left ventricular wall without penetration into the heart without massive haemorrhage and tamponade were absent as haemorrhage of the pericardial lesion into the pleural space occurred. It is not without interest that the entry wound was far away from the heart and the cardiac lesions were detected during surgical intervention made on account of other symptoms.
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2003
Objective: To evaluate the early and long-term results after surgery for primary pulmonary sarcom... more Objective: To evaluate the early and long-term results after surgery for primary pulmonary sarcomas (PPS) and to compare them with those of patients with pulmonary carcinosarcomas (PCaSa). Methods: During a 20-year period, 48 patients with PPS and 15 patients with PCaSa underwent surgery. There were 40 males and 23 females with a mean age of 52.1 years (range 13-78). The histologic diagnoses in PPS group were fibrosarcoma (15), fibroleiomyosarcoma (10), leiomyosarcoma (6), rhabdomyosarcoma (6), hemangiopericytoma (3), epitheloid hemangioendothelioma (3), malignant schwannoma (1), liposarcoma (1) and undifferentiated sarcoma (3). The following curative resections were carried out: lobectomy (36), including two sleeve lobectomies (in PPS group), pneumonectomy (15) and polysegmental resections (4). In four PPS cases, these procedures were extended to the thoracic wall, diaphragm or pericardium. An atypical resection was applied in one PPS patient (the tumor was falsely classified as benign on frozen section examination). Exploratory thoracotomy was performed in five of PPS patients (11%) and in two of those with PCaSa (13%). The majority of PPS patients were with low stages I and II (76%). The PCaSa patients were predominantly with stage IIIA (39%). Results: No postoperative death was registered. Major complications included two localized empyemas (4.2%) in PPS and one reoperation for bronchial stump fistula (6.7%) in PCaSa groups. Local recurrences were operated on in one patient per group (2.1 and 6.7%, respectively). Follow-up was available on 57 patients and ranged from 4 to 148 months. The overall cumulative 5-year survival was 48.81% for PPS and 49.38% for PCaSa patients ðP ¼ 0:9035Þ. It was better in low vs. higher stage cases, statistically significant in PPS group ðP ¼ 0:0005Þ and without significant difference in PCaSa cohort ðP ¼ 0:11Þ. Conclusions: Complete resection of PPS and PCaSa favors an acceptable survival, especially in low stages. There is no significant difference in the survival rates between PPS and PCaSa patients, despite the greater number of cases with higher stages in PCaSa group.
Annals of Case Reports, Jan 9, 2018
Oesophageal ulcers are a rare pathological finding and usually they are not reason for considerat... more Oesophageal ulcers are a rare pathological finding and usually they are not reason for consideration. The complications they can cause are strictures of the oesophagus as a result of callous chronic ulcer, acute haemorrhage from an oesophageal ulcer or chronic bleeding with development of post-haemorrhagic anaemia, formation of an oesophageal-bronchial fistula, malignant degeneration and perforation with development of mediastinitis and empyema.They occur most frequently in the lower third of the oesophagus, where it is located on the left of the spinal column, just before the card oesophageal junction. Oesophageal ulcers with a higher location to the border between the lower and the middle third of the oesophagus, have also been reported. These ulcers often occur along with a duodenal ulcer and duodenal gastroesophageal reflux. Due to late acceptance of the diagnosis, in most cases after development of mediastinitis and empyema, the treatment is very difficult and with high death rate and incidence rate. The surgical method of treatment with T-tube drainage for release of the oesophageal lumen and the adequate drainage of the mediastinum and the pleural cavity become more and more common in comparison to the conventional methods with removal of the oesophagus and creation of esophagogastrostomy, used widely in the past.
Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 2020
Introduction/Objective. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy often is too aggressive, which requires the use o... more Introduction/Objective. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy often is too aggressive, which requires the use of other noninvasive diagnostic methods. The study presents research results on the diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy with multidetector computed tomography and fiberoptic bronchoscopy in traumatic abnormalities of trachea and main bronchi. Methods. A total of 21 patients (six males and 15 females) at the ages of 11?82 years (50.65 ? 19.8) were studied by the methods of virtual bronchoscopy with multidetector computed tomography and fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy as compared to fiberoptic bronchoscopy were assessed by established criteria. Results. Ruptures of the trachea and/or bronchi were proven by fiberoptic bronchoscopy in 21 patients and by virtual bronchoscopy in 19 patients. The greatest frequency was reported for the post-intubation ruptures (15 patients, 71.42% with virtual bronchoscopy; 16 patients, 76.19% with fiberop...
Introduction. The study aim to present the diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy (VB) a... more Introduction. The study aim to present the diagnostic capabilities of virtual bronchoscopy (VB) and fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) for determining the localization and shape of stenoses in patients with peripheral lung carcinoma. Materials and methods. A systemic study was performed on 90 patients, 61 patients of them (67.78%) are men and 29 (32.23%) are women, 44-85 years of age, with endobronchial disease, using the FB and VB methods, over the period 2013-2020. Results. As a result of the study of 220 patients aged 11-83 years (54.36 ± 17.24), in 90 patients after VB (40.91%; 61 men 67.78% and 29 women 32.23%) and in 86 patients after FB (39.09%; 61 men 70.93% and 25 women 29.07%) peripheral lung carcinoma was found. Cases of men diagnosed with VB and FB with peripheral left carcinoma predominate (65.38% and 71.43%, respectively) compared to those in women (34.62% and 28.57%, respectively) and as well as with regard to cases with peripheral right carcinoma. Significant differences i...
Scripta Scientifica Medica, 2013
PURPOSE: To determine the value of lung perfusion on predicting unresectability of lung carcinoma... more PURPOSE: To determine the value of lung perfusion on predicting unresectability of lung carcinoma in patients with exploratory thoracotomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed retrospectively the value of lung perfusion scintigraphy in 25 cases with primary lung carcinoma who had an exploratory thoracotomy (18 right and 7 left thoracotomy), regarding preoperative suggestion of unresectability. In most of these patients other noninvasive diagnostic methods (X-ray and CT) did not indicate inoperability. RESULTS: Only the perfusion lung scintigraphy demonstrated defects near the ipsilateral hilum and/or an enlargement of the mediastinum, displacement of mediastinum, displacement (pulling) of the hilum of the affected lung or a part of it to the mediastinum. At thoracotomy we found an involvement of hilar vessels and the mediastinum by the tumor or by “bulky” nodal metastases. Common peripheral concentric decrease of affected lung perfusion image dimensions, lacking or negligible perfusi...