Mesothelioma is a malignancy pleural mass characterized by pleural thickening, that difficult to distinguish from other pleural disorders, such as infection, asbestosis, pleural effusion/empyema.
Ana Majdawati
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Second Primary Lung Cancer with Glottic Laryngeal Cancer as Index Tumor – A Case Report
Patients with laryngeal cancer have a high risk of developing lung cancer in the future. A patient presented with a complaint of left-sided chest pain for the last 3 months.
Jamal Akhtar +7 more
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung- a case report [PDF]
A 45-year-old man presented with a six-month history of progressive dyspnea with productive cough and wheezing. The patient was a heavy smoker and had a history of tongue cancer, hypertension, and asthma. Chest X-ray and computed tomography showed a mass
Chien-Kuang Chen +7 more
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Rare case of cystic anterior mediastinal tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient
We report a case of a 28‐year‐old immunocompetent woman found to have a mediastinal lesion on chest x‐ray performed as part of a visa renewal process. Computed tomographic imaging revealed a cystic superior anterior mediastinal mass.
Jessica Butler, Simone Barry
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Tracheal buckling: A bizarre but normal finding in chest radiograph of a sick preterm infant
Lateral deviation or buckling of the tracheal air column just above the thoracic inlet is infrequently observed on frontal chest X-rays of infants and young children.
G Sandhya Krishnan +3 more
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Case of chronic indolent pheochromocytoma that caused medically controlled hypertension but treatment-resistant diabetes mellitus [PDF]
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Cho, Eun Joo +4 more
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Giant pericardial cyst mimicking dextrocardia on chest X-ray
Pericardial cysts are rare benign congenital malformations, usually small, asymptomatic and detected incidentally on chest X-ray as a mass located in the right costophrenic angle.
Hamad M. Hamad +5 more
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Paraspinal Abscess Secondary to Tuberculous Spondylitis Diagnosed by Xpert MTB/RIF Assay in Rural Tanzania. [PDF]
A 31-year-old HIV-negative man presented to our clinic with a 6-month history of back pain and a swelling at the back. Radiological studies revealed lumbar vertebral destruction.
Hella, Jerry Joseph +3 more
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Chest X‐ray‐based opportunistic screening of sarcopenia using deep learning
Background Early detection and management of sarcopenia is of clinical importance. We aimed to develop a chest X‐ray‐based deep learning model to predict presence of sarcopenia.
Jin Ryu +6 more
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Performance of the 2007 WHO Algorithm to diagnose Smear-negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a HIV prevalent setting [PDF]
The 2007 WHO algorithm for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) culture was evaluated in a HIV prevalent area of ...
A Cattamanchi +41 more
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