Synovial sarcoma presenting with huge mediastinal mass: a case report and review of literature
BMC Research Notes, 2013 Synovial sarcoma presenting in the mediastinum is exceedingly rare. Furthermore, data addressing optimal therapy is limited. Herein we present a case where an attempt to downsize the tumor to a resectable state with chemotherapy was employed.
S. Salah +3 more
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An unusual unifocal presentation of Castleman’s disease in a young woman with a detailed description of sonographic findings to reduce diagnostic uncertainty: a case report [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Castleman’s disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. It typically presents as mediastinal masses and causes a wide range of clinical symptoms.
Maden, Zerrin, Wagner, Norbert
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Esophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Presenting as Mediastinal Mass
Case Reports in Oncology, 2013 Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and are predominant in the stomach and intestine but rare in the esophagus.
M. Kafeel +2 more
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Advanced Biomedical ResearchBackground: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is also the most common endocrine malignancy. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the metastasis pattern of upper mediastinal lymph node involvement in patients with PTC. Materials and Methods: This is
Sayed Abbas Tabatabaei +2 more
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Unraveling the role of ectopic thymic tissue in patients undergoing thymectomy for myasthenia gravis [PDF]
, 2019 Extended thymectomy has been considered the goal of surgery for myasthenia gravis (MG) mainly due to the existence of ectopic thymic tissue. Recently, ectopic thymic tissue has attracted increasing attention in patients with MG following thymectomy ...
Bauer, Gero +9 more
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Cholesterol-sensing liver X receptors stimulate Th2-driven allergic eosinophilic asthma in mice [PDF]
, 2016 Introduction: Liver X receptors (LXRs) are nuclear receptors that function as cholesterol sensors and regulate cholesterol homeostasis. High cholesterol has been recognized as a risk factor in asthma; however, the mechanism of this linkage is not known.
De Beuckelaer, Ans +10 more
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Mask the Unknown: Assessing Different Strategies to Handle Weak Annotations in the MICCAI2023 Mediastinal Lymph Node Quantification Challenge [PDF]
Machine.Learning.for.Biomedical.Imaging. 2 (2024)Pathological lymph node delineation is crucial in cancer diagnosis, progression assessment, and treatment planning. The MICCAI 2023 Lymph Node Quantification Challenge published the first public dataset for pathological lymph node segmentation in the mediastinum.
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Diagnostic Pathology, 2013 Ectopic pancreas in the mediastinum is extremely rare. We are reporting on a case of a twenty two year old woman who presented to our clinic with a large cervical mass. The CT scan revealed a cystic lesion in the anterior mediastinum.
A. Rokach +8 more
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Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma behaves as a distinct clinical entity with good outcome: evidence from 14-year followup in the West of Scotland Cancer Network [PDF]
, 2011 Clinically and biologically, nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL) has much more in common with germinal-center derived B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) than with classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL).
Diehl V +8 more
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The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2016 Thymus gland involvement in Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is usually part of multi-system disease and may be more common than previously recognized.
Funda Tekkeşin +6 more
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