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Neonatal Chest Wall Rhabdomyosarcoma

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2015
An infant was born at term with a huge chest mass diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma. Treatment consisted of surgical resection and chemotherapy. We describe this very rare congenital mass and the problematic therapeutic management of such a tumor in a ...
Michael Feldman, Zvi Steiner, Gabriel Groisman, Erez Nadir   +3 more
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Pattern and Outcome of Chest Injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2011
Chest injuries constitute a continuing challenge to the trauma or general surgeon practicing in developing countries. This study was conducted to outline the etiological spectrum, injury patterns and short term outcome of these injuries in our setting ...
A Kalliopi, A Kuzuku, AA Adem, C Cooper, C Raul, CJ Aylwin, D Wisner, DL Miller, E Blasco, EQ Archampong, F William, FA Massaga, G Chalkiadakis, G Ozgen, I Inci, I Inci, I Inci, Joseph B Mabula, JS Bender, K Frimpong-Boateng, K Park, KN Kimberly, LG Grover, LM Museru, M Atri, M Bishop, Monafisha K Lema, N Ali, OF Grimes, P Catoire, Phillipo L Chalya, R Lambrecth, RM Shorr, S Avakan, S Taché, SA Dulchavsky, T Gizaw, T Otieno, WH Harrison, William Mahalu   +39 more
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Histology types of chest wall tumours: Fifteen year single center experience

Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2017
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Chest wall tumours are not uncommon. They are regarded as malignant until otherwise proven. The objective of this study is to analyze the histological variants in our institution and compare same with relevant data available in the ...
I A Nwafor, O C Okafor, J C Eze, N Ezemba   +3 more
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Surgery of chest wall deformities [PDF]

, 1997
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the medium-term results of 77 surgical corrections in patients with chest wall deformities, 53 (68.8%) with pectus excavatum and 24 with pectus carinatum, operated upon from 1985 to 1994.
Antunes, MJ, Bernardo, JE, Fernandes, LE, Matos, AC   +3 more
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An unusual timing for symptomatic chest pain in an adult chest wall myofibroma: a case report [PDF]

, 2014
INTRODUCTION: Myofibromas are benign mesenchymal neoplasms that can present as solitary and multicentric lesions. They can occur in several locations and can occur at any age from neonates to elderly patients.
Chin-Li Chen, Hung Chang
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Volume Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) for pulmonary Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) in patients with lesions in close approximation to the chest wall

Frontiers in Oncology, 2013
Chest wall pain and discomfort has been recognized as a significant late effect of radiation therapy in historical and modern treatment models. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) is becoming an important treatment tool in oncology care for patients ...
Thomas J. FitzGerald, Thomas J. FitzGerald, Linda eDing, Linda eDing, Yuan-Chyuan eLo, Yuan-Chyuan eLo, Sidney eKadish, Sidney eKadish, David eGoff, David eGoff, Richard S. Pieters, Richard S. Pieters, Geoffrey eGraeber, Geoffrey eGraeber, Karl eUy, Karl eUy, Syed eQuadri, Syed eQuadri, Richard eMoser, Richard eMoser, Kevin eMartin, John eDay   +21 more
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Validation of questionnaire-reported chest wall abnormalities with a telephone interview in Swiss childhood cancer survivors

BMC Cancer, 2021
Background Chest wall abnormalities are a poorly studied complication after treatment for childhood cancer. Chest wall abnormalities are not well-described in the literature, and little is known on the impact on daily life of survivors.
Rahel Kasteler, Christa Lichtensteiger, Christina Schindera, Marc Ansari, Claudia E. Kuehni, for the Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group (SPOG) Scientific Committee   +5 more
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Towards the modeling of mucus draining from human lung: role of airways deformation on air-mucus interaction [PDF]

, 2015
Chest physiotherapy is an empirical technique used to help secretions to get out of the lung whenever stagnation occurs. Although commonly used, little is known about the inner mechanisms of chest physiotherapy and controversies about its use are coming ...
Fausser, Christian, Flaud, Patrice, Mauroy, Benjamin, Merckx, Jacques, Mitchell, Barrett R., Pelca, Dominique   +5 more
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Subcutaneous chest wall hamartoma: Case report

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021
Background: chest wall hamartoma is one of the rare findings in the practice of pediatrics surgery. The usual origin of chest wall hamartoma in literature are the ribs.
Binyam Yohannes Wolde Hawariat, Bizunesh Dires Fenta, Hana Abebe Gebreselassie   +2 more
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Pectus updates and special considerations in Marfan syndrome. [PDF]

, 2018
Congenital chest wall or pectus deformities including pectus excavatum (funnel chest) and pectus carinatum (pigeon chest) affect a significant proportion of the general population and up to 70% of patients with Marfan syndrome.
Child, A, Fraser, S, Hunt, I
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