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Survival and Scoliosis Following Resection of Chest Wall Tumors in Children and Adolescents

Annals of Surgery, 2019
Objective: We reviewed our experience with pediatric chest wall tumors (CWTs) to identify variables associated with survival, scoliosis development, and need for corrective scoliosis surgery.
James A. Saltsman, E. Danzer, W. J. Hammond, D. Rhee, Simon Berhe, J. Monteagudo, A. Price, T. Heaton, David R. Jones, M. LaQuaglia   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Chest wall resection and reconstruction using titanium micromesh covered with Marlex mesh for metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction The distant metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinomas are often untreatable. In particular, bone metastasis is significantly related to poor prognosis since radioactive iodine therapy is generally less effective.
Suganuma Nobuyasu, Wada Nobuyuki, Arai Hiromasa, Nakayama Hirotaka, Fujii Keita, Masudo Katsuhiko, Yukawa Norio, Rino Yasushi, Masuda Munetaka, Imada Toshio   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Asymptomatic Giant Right Ventricular Myxoma in an Adolescent: A Rare Case Report With Favorable Surgical Outcome

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
We report a 13‐year‐old female with a giant right ventricular myxoma extending to the pulmonary trunk. The tumor was diagnosed by multimodal imaging and completely resected, with favorable short‐term outcomes. ABSTRACT Right ventricular (RV) myxomas account for < 5% of cardiac myxomas and are often asymptomatic, easily overlooked.
Aizezi Maihemu, Jin Bai, Chongjun Qi, Jian Liu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma with liver transplantation [PDF]

, 1988
Ten patients received liver transplants for unresectable epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE). At the time of transplantation, four patients had microscopic metastases to the hilar lymph nodes, and one of the four also had metastases to a rib.
Esquivel, CO, Iwatsuki, S, Kelleher, M, Klintmalm, G, Marino, IR, Starzl, TE, Todo, S, Tzakis, MG   +7 more
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Clinical features and prognostic analysis of patients with chest wall chondrosarcoma

Medicine, 2019
Chest wall chondrosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor of the bone. This study is aimed to identify the prognostic determinants of chest wall chondrosarcoma.
Hongliang Gao, Yuanxi Zhou, Zhan Wang, Renbo Zhao, Shengjun Qian   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Three‐dimensional (3D)‐printed titanium sternum replacement: A case report

Thoracic Cancer, 2020
After sternal tumor resection, reconstruction of chest wall defects is still a challenging part of thoracic surgery. Three‐dimensional (3D)‐printed titanium alloy prosthesis implants provide an effective solution.
Wenzhang Wang, Zhaoru Liang, Shiyan Yang, Qing Feng, Xuewei Nie, Guang Su, Wenjie Yuan, Yi Han   +7 more
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MRI for Lung Cancer Management: Any Closer to Clinical Application?

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Management of lung cancer (LC) encompasses screening, diagnosis, staging, radiotherapy planning and guidance, therapy monitoring and surveillance. Across these domains, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers a range of morphological and functional imaging capabilities—including diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI), dynamic contrast‐enhanced (DCE)
Juergen Biederer, Liisa L. Bergmann, Jeanne B. Ackman, Bruno Hochhegger, Lea Azour, Simon M. F. Triphan, Julien Dinkel, Yoshiharu Ohno, Yoshiyuki Ozawa, Edwin J. R. van Beek, Lena Wucherpfennig   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimization of spatiotemporally fractionated radiotherapy treatments with bounds on the achievable benefit

, 2017
Spatiotemporal fractionation schemes, that is, treatments delivering different dose distributions in different fractions, may lower treatment side effects without compromising tumor control.
Gaddy, Melissa R., Papp, Dávid, Unkelbach, Jan, Yıldız, Sercan   +3 more
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Conflicting or complementary role of computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT in the assessment of thymic cancer and thymoma: Our experience and literature review [PDF]

, 2015
Background: To evaluate the role of computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT in patients with thymic cancer and thymoma at initial staging.
Calabrese, Fiorella, Evangelista, Laura, Nannini, Nazarena, Panunzio, Annalori, Polverosi, Roberta, Pomerri, Fabio, Scagliori, Elena   +6 more
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Ancient chest wall schwannoma: A case report with review of literature

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2015
Schwannoma is one of the most common benign tumors of the nerve sheath. In thoracic region, mediastinum is the prime site for the occurrence of schwannoma.
Shriniketan S Kale, Vikas S Gosavi, Rakhi V Jagadale   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source