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Spontaneous bleeding due to vascular involvement of neurofibromatosis type 1 is rare but potentially fatal. Herein, we report a case of a lethal spontaneous hemomediastinum in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1.
Yun Jin Im, Min Jeong Choi, Bong Man Kim
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A Rare Giant Pleural Thymoma in Posterior Mediastinum. [PDF]
Thymoma is an epithelial neoplasm of the thymus, which commonly lies in the anterior mediastinum. Unusually, thymomas can also be found in other locations. Surgical excision, when feasible, appears to provide good results. We encountered a rare case of a
Kalloli, M +3 more
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Esophageal Cancer Initially Thought to be Accompanied by a Solitary Metastasis to an Intrathoracic Paraaortic Lymph Node [PDF]
Esophageal cancers usually exhibit lymph-node metastases. Although a solitary lymph-node metastasis is occasionally found, the involvement of an intrathoracic paraaortic node is rare.
Akase, Takayoshi +7 more
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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle +5 more
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Value of using liver FDG uptake as background activity in standardizing FDG PET/CT studies [PDF]
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityThe standardized uptake value (SUV) is increasingly being used for diagnosis, staging, and monitoring disease in clinical oncology.
Wilson, Colin Michael
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ABSTRACT In pediatric patients, T‐cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T‐LBL) survival exceeds 80%. Relapse remains associated with limited curative options. Frontline treatment is largely extrapolated from T‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T‐ALL) treatment, reflecting the ongoing debate, whether both entities represent distinct diseases or variants within ...
Marie C. Heider +4 more
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Background Esophageal carcinoma (EC) is the eighth most common cancer, which is a major health problem on a global scale. Comprehensive treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have demonstrated efficacy in certain patients with early ...
Juan Wang +7 more
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Rare cause of obliteration of the cardiophrenic angle
The differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses encompasses a vast spectrum ranging from benign tumors to notorious malignancies. Mediastinal lipoma is a very rarely encountered mediastinal mass. It is usually an incidentally unearthed finding. It has a
Aishwarya Chitnis +4 more
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ABSTRACT Aim The optimal surgical strategy and extent of lymph node (LN) dissection for clinical Stage I (cStage I) adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) remain controversial. This study aimed to evaluate surgical outcomes and clarify the prevalence and distribution of LN metastasis according to tumor characteristics in cStage I Siewert ...
Masayoshi Terayama +9 more
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Background: Aortic dissection (AD) is an emergent cardiovascular disease in the emergency department (ED). Objective: To investigate the clinical manifestation and outcomes in patients with aortic dissection accompanied by greater mediastinal width (MW ...
Yu-Jang Su, MD +2 more
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