Background/Aim: The presence of the superior left vena cava represents a rare anomaly of
the thoracic venous system. Case Report: An asymptomatic case of this type of anomaly, …

Smoking, one of the avoidable causes of mortality, is considered a major risk factor for
cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and bronchopulmonary cancer. …

The high frequency and the severity of malignant pleurisies, despite their etiology, make the
problem to be of great importance. At national level, the problem of neoplastic pleurisies …

The emergence of resistance to drugs used to treat tuberculosis (TB), and particularly multidrug
resistant (MDR-TB) strains, has become a significant public health problem in a number …

TB salpingitis and ovarian TB is a rare association of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, especially
when the lesions are not associated with lung involvement. The correct therapy leads to …

DISCUSSION: A case of primary tuberculosis of bilateral mediastinal lymph nodes, pleural
and bronchial confirmed hystopathologic, in a young man without a TB contact, which has …

The high level of TB incidence places Romania among first places in Europe and on the first
place in European Union; in the last years a slowly, but hopefully descending trend can be …

Introduction: The infections of the chest wall are uncommon. Usually, there are secondary to
previous procedures, such as median sternotomy and thoracothomy. Primary chest wall …

Introduction: Pleural effusions are a common and significant clinical problem. The diagnosis
required sometimes the practice of the thoracoscopy to biopsy the pathological pleura. Also, …

Necrotizing fasciitis of thoracic wall is a severe disease which is associated with a high rate
of mortality, especially for imunosupressed patients. Multiple drainage incisions, excision of …