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Preoperative Embolization in Mediastinal Castleman's Disease

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, 2010
Castleman's disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disease and its etiology is still unknown. It may occur at every site where lymph tissue is present. A definitive treatment is possible with complete resection. The most important problem is bleeding which may occur during surgery due to the high vascularization.
Tamer Okay, Bülent Aydemir, Sinan Şahin, Ilgaz Dogusoy, Oya Imamoglu   +4 more
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Unilateral vocal cord paralysis: a review of CT findings, mediastinal causes, and the course of the recurrent laryngeal nerves.

Radiographics, 2012
Vocal cord paralysis (VCP) may be caused by a variety of mediastinal disease entities, including various neoplastic, inflammatory, and vascular conditions, and may be the presenting symptom of an otherwise clinically occult disease.
Christina M Paquette, D. Manos, B. Psooy
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Cardiovascular disease after Hodgkin lymphoma treatment: 40-year disease risk.

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2015
IMPORTANCE Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survivors are at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. It is unclear, however, how long the increased risk persists and what the risk factors are for various cardiovascular diseases.
Frederika A van Nimwegen, M. Schaapveld, C. Janus, A. Krol, E. Petersen, J. Raemaekers, W. Kok, B. Aleman, F. V. van Leeuwen   +8 more
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Mediastinal Hodgkin’s Disease – A Retrospective Analysis

Oncology Research and Treatment, 1988
Thirty-seven patients with mediastinal Hodgkin's disease treated from 1972 to 1982 at the Division of Oncology of Basel University Hospital were analyzed retrospectively for their characteristics and the influence of various prognostic factors on survival. Deceased patients were older (35 vs. 25 years) and more often had systemic symptoms (8/22 vs.
J.P. Obrecht, R. Obrist, Manuel Battegay
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Cardiac silhouette findings and mediastinal lines and stripes: radiograph and CT scan correlation.

Chest, 2011
Despite the increased use of CT imaging, chest radiography remains a very important diagnostic modality in the evaluation of lung parenchymal and mediastinal diseases, providing a vast amount of useful information.
R. Marano, C. Liguori, G. Savino, B. Merlino, L. Natale, L. Bonomo   +5 more
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Mediastinal Hodgkin’s Disease and Thymic Cysts

Acta Haematologica, 1984
2 cases of nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease with apparent mediastinal recurrence following mantle irradiation are described. In both cases the abnormal mass was found at thoracotomy to be a benign thymic cyst. The possible aetiology of thymic cysts in this context and the importance of obtaining repeat biopsies in cases of suspected relapse are ...
A.C. Parker, J.A. Murray
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Mediastinal Mass in a Patient With Liver Disease

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1982
History A 20-year-old woman was examined for a mediastinal mass detected on chest roentgenograms. Biopsy diagnosis of chronic active hepatitis had been made at age 12 years, three years after an episode of acute infectious hepatitis. Three episodes of significant hemorrhage from esophageal varices were documented.
Val Dunn, Franklin J. Miller
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Factors affecting late mortality from heart disease after treatment of Hodgkin's disease.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 1993
OBJECTIVE To assess the risk of death from heart disease after Hodgkin's disease therapy. DESIGN Retrospective study comparing treated patients with a matched general population. SETTING Referral center. PATIENTS A total of 2232 consecutive Hodgkin'
S. Hancock, M. Tucker, R. Hoppe
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Heart disease after mediastinal radiotherapy

Postgraduate Medicine, 1992
The greatest risk for most cancer patients is inadequate treatment of their disease. Although mediastinal radiotherapy is a safer procedure than it was 20 years ago, it still may damage the thoracic viscera, including the heart. Cardiovascular problems tend to present subtly years later, when the patient may not recall the prior radiation or may not ...
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Thymic cysts in mediastinal Hodgkin disease.

Radiology, 1985
Three cases of proved thymic cysts associated with mediastinal Hodgkin disease are presented. Two illustrate regression of lymphoma with chemotherapy but persistence of thymic cysts. The third case demonstrates a thymic cyst in untreated Hodgkin disease.
L. A. Hassell, Nancy L. Harris, Jack E. Meyer, Karen K. Lindfors, C. G. Dedrick   +4 more
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