Case Presentation A 55-year-old female was evaluated for a large, asymptomatic Morgagni hernia containing the transverse colon and a significant portion of the greater omentum that had been incidentally noted on imaging. Preoperative imaging demonstrated a sizable anterior diaphragmatic defect measuring approximately 30 cm². Elective operative repair of this hernia was chosen. Given the size…
This video presents the case of a 67-year-old man with situs inversus totalis who underwent a robotic-assisted right upper lobe segmentectomy, specifically a culminectomy, for the treatment of lung cancer. The patient had a significant oncological history, having previously been treated in 2014 for a pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma (pT1bN1) with a left middle lobectomy…
Pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma (PMEC) is a rare salivary-gland–type endobronchial malignancy in children and may present with recurrent unilateral infections despite a deceptively subtle chest radiograph. The authors present an educational case of an adolescent male with months of febrile respiratory episodes treated as pneumonia, including hypoxemia requiring oxygen and repeated hospital admissions. Subsequent bronchoscopy demonstrated…
There are several surgical techniques to access the mediastinum and thoracic cavity. For the removal of large mediastinal tumors, the most commonly employed methods are midline sternotomy or a lateral thoracotomy. Less frequently, incisions such as the classic clamshell or hemi-clamshell are used. While minimally invasive techniques such as robotic-assisted surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery…
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