In our area, no relationship was observed between pneumothorax episodes and meteorological conditions in cases with SP, but attacks were found to occur more often in certain seasons and months. We believe that more significant results could be obtained if similar studies are conducted in other regions or maybe all over the country.

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ÖZETPulmoner Langerhans hücreli histiyositoz, akci erlerin Langerhans olarak bilinen hücrelerle infiltrasyonu ile karakterize nadir bir interstisyel akci er hastal d r. Özellikle genç ve sigara içenlerde görülür. Hastal kta yüksek çözünürlüklü bilgisayarl tomografi görünümü genellikle tipiktir. Aç k akci er biyopsisi kesin tan y koymakta en önemli yöntemdir. Burada aç k akci er biyopsisi ile tan konulan iki Langerhans hücreli histiyositozlu olguyu sunmaya çal t k.

Sixty-seven cases treated for peripheral vascular injuries associated with fractures between the years of 1977 and 1988 in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of the Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, were reviewed retrospectively. The cause of injury was blunt trauma in 37 cases (55%) and penetrating wounds in the others, 29 gunshot injuries and one case with a stab wound. The maintenance of vessel continuity was aimed at in all patients. The ratio of limb amputation was 13% in patients operated upon within the first 8 hours after the injury. The same ratio was 39% in cases where the surgical intervention was delayed beyond 8 hours.

Extraskeletal chondrosarcoma in anterior mediastinum is very rare. A 45-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with precordial chest pain. A large and well-shaped mass in the anterior mediastinum was seen radiologically, and there was a clearly compression of the heart by the mass. The lesion was totally resected, and extraskeletal mediastinal chondrosarcoma was histopathologically diagnosed. We aimed to present and discuss the radiologic, clinic, and histopathologic features of unusual presentation of extraskeletal chondrosarcoma in a case.