WARNING: You are about to browse pages full of real intraoperative photographs; if you may not be able to stand such a view, please refrain form proceeding further below in this webpage.

Please select any of the following diseases that you are interested in, to see the photographs related:

Thank you for SHARING this webpage via:

Lung:
- Lung Cancer
- Benign tumours
- Tuberculosis with PET/CT-findings mimicking lung cancer (false positive)
- Cysts:
- Multiple Common “bullae”, as encountered in Pneumothorax cases
  
  Gigantic bullae
  
  Hydatid Cysts (pulmonary Echinococciasis)
  
  Pulmonary LAM or Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (or Lymphangiomyomatosis)
- Lung Foreign bodies
- Macleod's Syndrome (or ‘Swyer–James’ or ‘idiopathic hyper lucent lung’), mimicking pneumothorax
Mediastinum
- Chamberlain's Anterior Mediastinotomy (a case of a right–sided one)
- Agenesis (congenital Absence) of Pericardium
- Tumours of the Posterior Mediastinum (neurogenic ones)
- Tumours of the Anterior Mediastinum (Thymomas)
- Mediastinal Seminoma (primary)
- Teratoma of anterior Mediastinum VIDEO
- Tumours of the OESOPHAGUS:
- Esophageal Leiomyoma PHOTOGRAPHS
  
  Esophageal Leiomyoma VIDEO
- Pericardial cysts
- Bronchogenic cysts
Chest Wall:
- Tumours
- Anterior Chest Wall Chondrosarcoma
  
  Chest Wall Myofibroblastic Sarcoma - VATS
  
  Atypical Lipomatous Tumour of Rib
  
  Rib's osteochondroma
  
  Rib's giant aneurysmal cyst
- Pectus Deformities:
- Pectus Εxcavatum
  
  Poland's syndrome (Agenesis or absense of pectorals major muscle) & Sternal Cleft
- Chest Wall Foreign bodies
Hernias
- Sliding Hiatal Hernia
- Belsey Mark IV Fundoplication (to repair Sliding Hiatal Hernias)
- Morgagni's or Larrey's Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Gangrenous necrosis of stomach, incarcerated inside the chest cavity
- Rupture of the Right Hemidiaphragm

It is hereby stated with certainty that ALL patient-identifying data have completely been wiped off for reasons of patients' protection as Medical Confidentiality warrants. All photographs are copyrighted.

DISCLAIMER of any liability : The information, photographs and ideas of this scientific website are solely provided for informative purposes alone. They are not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of a trained health professional. Responsible advice for an individual patient can only be provided after an appropriate examination of the given patient by a physician, licensed to practise medicine.

Thank you for visiting this scientific ( medical / thoracic surgical ) website of mine.

An additional MENU can be revealed by clicking on the PLUS symbol ( top – right ) ; it leads to the entirety of all English pages of this site to support the navigation.

On the contrary, the “Main” horizontal menu ( top – centre ) only links to sub–pages, but not to their children.

You might also want to browse the Writer's European site of mine.

You can email me by filling in this contact form

Brig Gen I.C. Papachristos, MD, Ret.

Brigadier General – Thoracic Surgeon, Retired

Thoracic surgical PHOTOGRAPHS :

Thoracic Surgery Photographs