Chest wall – a structure underestimated in ultrasonography. Part III: Neoplastic lesions
Chest wall neoplasms mainly include malignancies, metastatic in particular. Differential diagnosis should include clinical data; tumor location, extent, delineation; the degree of homogeneity; the presence of calcifications; the nature of bone ...
Andrzej Smereczyński +2 more
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Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma of the chest wall
This study presents the case of an 87-year-old male who developed a huge tumor at the chest wall that limited the range of motion of the upper limb. We performed a wide excision of the tumor with chest wall reconstruction.
Yang-Fan Liu +3 more
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Multifocal mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in a newborn
Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall is an extremely rare, benign chondro-osseous chest wall tumor which originates from one or more ribs, in newborns or infants. It usually appears as a solitary lesion but more rarely can be multifocal and bilateral.
Özlem Özkale Yavuz +4 more
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Expert consensus on resection of chest wall tumors and chest wall reconstruction [PDF]
Chest wall tumors are a relatively uncommon disease in clinical practice. Most of the published studies about chest wall tumors are usually single-center retrospective studies, involving few patients.
Chen, Chun +74 more
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Pattern and Outcome of Chest Injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]
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 ...
Joseph B Mabula +11 more
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A pilot study of the impact of high-frequency chest wall oscillation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with mucus hypersecretion [PDF]
Indranil Chakravorty1, Kamaljit Chahal2, Gillian Austin21St George's Hospital, London, 2East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Lister Hospital and Primary Care Trust, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UKIntroduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Chahal, K +8 more
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Lung Volume Reduction in Emphysema Improves Chest Wall Asynchrony [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Lung volume reduction (LVR) techniques improve lung function in selected patients with emphysema, but the impact of LVR procedures on the asynchronous movement of diff erent chest wall compartments, which is a feature of emphysema, is not ...
Shah, PL +8 more
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Askin Tumor: A Case Report of a Rare Tumor [PDF]
Askin tumor is a rare malignant neoplasm of neuro-ectodermal origin that emerges from the soft tissue of the thoraco-pulmonary wall and has aggressive activity.
Ningthoujam Dinita Devi +3 more
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Full-thickness chest wall reconstruction after resection of recurrent desmoid-type fibromatosis [PDF]
Introduction. Desmoid-type fibromatosis (DF) is a benign but locally infiltrative soft tissue tumor that develops from fascia and musculoaponeurotic tissue with high local recurrence rate.
Erić Dražan +4 more
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Primary chest wall sarcoma; a single institution experience of 3 years
Introduction: Primary chest wall sarcoma is a rare entity. It can be classified based on its origin, as bone sarcomas or soft tissue sarcomas. Various prognostic factors have been studied in different case series like age, sex, tumor histology, grade ...
Abhishek Gangopadhyay +7 more
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