Yasar Birkan

A rare case of inflammatory pseudotumor with both involvement of lung and heart.

Inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) is a rare disorder that is benign and tumor-like reactive masses with unknown etiology. The mass usually confines to the lung but other organs involvement such as liver, stomach, lymph nodes could affect. IPT of heart is usually determined with children and young adults. Only 15 cases are detected in adults. We present here a rare case of IPT with both involvement of lung and heart.

Unusual presenting of acute aortic dissection due to penetrating atheromatous ulcer

Penetrating atheromatous ulcer (PAU) is an atherosclerotic ulcer penetrating the internal elastic lamina of the aortic wall causing a hematoma within the media layer of aorta. They are commonly located in the descending aorta of the elderly and hypertensive patients. They may rarely be complicated by aortic dissection. We report a relative young normotensive patient presenting with acute aortic dissection due to PAU located in the ascending aorta.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation and Atrioventrıcular Valve Regurgitation

M IS C E L L A N E O U S after heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 1991;10: 921–9. 4. Yanagida R, Czer LS, Reinsmoen NL, et al. Impact of virtual cross match on waiting times for heart transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg 2011;92:2104–10. 5. Cleveland JC Jr, Naftel DC, Reece TB, et al. Survival after biventricular assist device implantation: an analysis of the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support database. J Heart Lung Transplant 2011;30: 862–9.