Huge mediastinal ancient schwannoma causing acute respiratory failure: a case report
Benign mediastinal tumor is usually asymptomatic and exhibits uncomplicated clinical course. Posterior mediastinal schwannoma is common, but a huge benign tumor causing acute respiratory failure due to mass effect is unusual.
Hsuan-Ying Huang +3 more
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Mediastinal hemangioma: Masquerading as pleural effusion
We present a rare case of mediastinal hemangioma in a 4-year-old child. The child presented with cough and fever and the chest radiograph revealed right pleural effusion. On further work-up with chest computed tomography mediastinal cystic mass occupying
J Deepak +3 more
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MRI for Lung Cancer Management: Any Closer to Clinical Application?
ABSTRACT Management of lung cancer (LC) encompasses screening, diagnosis, staging, radiotherapy planning and guidance, therapy monitoring and surveillance. Across these domains, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers a range of morphological and functional imaging capabilities—including diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI), dynamic contrast‐enhanced (DCE)
Juergen Biederer +10 more
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Thymoma metastatic to liver and pancreas: case report and review of the literature [PDF]
A 71-year-old man presented with a thymic mass involving the superior vena cava. A mediastinoscopical biopsy initially suggested a diagnosis of type A thymoma.
Blandamura, Stella +4 more
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Image-guided aspiration of a cystic mediastinal teratoma: A case report and literature review
A 51-year-old male presented to our tertiary referral hospital with progressive shortness of breath and orthopnea. A computed tomography (CT) of the chest was performed that showed a large cystic middle mediastinal mass.
Craig R. Kym +3 more
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Clinical and molecular characterization of early T-cell precursor leukemia : a high-risk subgroup in adult T-ALL with a high frequency of FLT3 mutations [PDF]
A subgroup of pediatric acute T-lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) was characterized by a gene expression profile comparable to that of early T-cell precursors (ETPs) with a highly unfavorable outcome.
Neumann, Martin +12 more
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Immunotherapy‐Related Cutaneous Toxicities in Melanoma: A Dermoscopic Perspective
Dermoscopy serves as a valuable tool in the everyday dermatological and oncological practice for melanoma patients, allowing for the prompt identification of immune‐related cutaneous toxicities and guiding clinicians toward appropriate therapeutic decisions.
Grażyna Kamińska‐Winciorek +3 more
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Mediastinal mass in clinical practice
Mediastinal masses include a wide range of both benign and malignant diseases. Current evidence shows that they constitute 3–7% of all oncological diseases, with primary tumours (thymoma, lymphoma, germ cell tumours) accounting for 3% of all mediastinal ...
N. G. Poteshkina +5 more
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Surgical approaches to adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction: the Siewert II conundrum. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The Siewert classification system for gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma has provided morphological and topographical information to help guide surgical decision-making.
Berger, Adam C. +4 more
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