Although various tumors develop in the mediastinum, mediastinal Müllerian cysts, a new category of mediastinal tumors, are rare. We report the case of a 42-year-old woman with an incidentally discovered paravertebral mass at the level of the left 5th ...
Akira Ogihara +7 more
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Single-port thoracoscopic resection of a posterior mediastinal Mullerian cyst in a woman
Mullerian cysts are benign tumors that are very rare in the posterior mediastinum. It is necessary to distinguish Mullerian cysts from benign tumors or other types of cyst in the posterior mediastinum.
Kai Kang +4 more
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A mass that has no (EBUS) echo. [PDF]
We report findings for a patient that underwent endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) for diagnostic purposes after an abnormal chest CT. The patient initially presented with cough and shortness of breath.
Rosenblum, Matthew K +2 more
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A case of congenital posterior mediastinal bronchogenic cyst
In children and infants, neurogenic tumours are most commonly occurring mediastinal space occupying lesions, followed by foregut cysts, germ cell tumors, lymphomas, lymphangiomas and angiomas, tumors of the thymus, and pericardial cysts. Bronchogenic and
Om Munde, Amogh R Yadav, H S Nagar
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Diagnostic accuracy of multidetector computed tomography scan in mediastinal masses assuming histopathological findings as gold standard [PDF]
Purpose: Aim of the study was to: 1) present MDCT characteristics of different mediastinal mass lesions, 2) estimate proportion of benign and malignant mediastinal mass lesions based on MDCT findings, and 3) find out the diagnostic accuracy with ...
Jaipal, Usha +3 more
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A thoracoscopically resected case of mediastinal parathyroid cyst. [PDF]
A 67-year-old male visited his physician because of a 2-month history of cough and sputum. An abnormal shadow at the left upper mediastinum on chest x-ray film was detected, and the patient was referred to our department for further examination.
Minamoto, Kanji +4 more
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Enlarged mediastinal air cyst in a patient with bronchial diverticula localized in the left main bronchus: a case report with surgical and bronchoscopic findings [PDF]
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ICHIMURA Hideo +5 more
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Congenital lung overinflation secondary to a unilateral obstructing mediastinal bronchogenic cyst
We present the case of a 39 week-gestational age female infant who, following an uncomplicated pregnancy developed progressively worsening respiratory distress. She was diagnosed with a mediastinal bronchogenic cyst which was intermittently occluding the
Monica L. Wagner +4 more
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Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Colorectal Cancer: A Diagnostic Challenge [PDF]
The differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses involves many benign and malignant conditions, such as lymphadenopathies and cystic lesions. Metastatic mediastinal adenopathies are usually due to lung, esophagus, and stomach cancer and, rarely, due to ...
Araújo, T. +4 more
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Bronchogenic cyst is a rare congenital anomaly arising from the ventral bud of the foregut or tracheobronchial tree. It most commonly presents in the mediastinum, with rare ectopic presentation, accounting for 10% to 15% of mediastinal tumors and 50 to ...
B. Vinothkumar +3 more
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