Primary nodal anthracosis identified by EBUS-TBNA as a cause of FDG PET/CT positive mediastinal lymphadenopathy. [PDF]
, 2013 Isolated mediastinal lymphadenopathy can result from a number of potentially serious aetiologies. Traditionally those presenting with mediastinal lymphadenopathy would undergo mediastinoscopy to elucidate a final diagnosis or receive empirical treatment.
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Outcomes and complications following medical thoracoscopy [PDF]
The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2011 AbstractIntroduction: Thoracoscopy is an invasive procedure that may be performed by physicians for the investigation of exudative pleural effusion using local anaesthesia, conscious sedation and a rigid thoracoscope.Objectives: We sought to evaluate the safety and outcome of thoracoscopy in Portsmouth Hospitals, UK, a dockyard city with high ...
Brims, Fraser, Arif, M., Chauhan, A.
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Thoracoscopic Assessment of Pleural Tumor Burden in Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusion: Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications [PDF]
, 2011 Background:Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is encountered at an advanced stage of disease progression and often heralds a poor prognosis. The most reliable predictive factor of survival in such patients is the primary tumor.
Astoul, Philippe +5 more
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T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma presenting with pleural effusion: A case report [PDF]
, 2014 Adult lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) is an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma occurring in predominantly adolescent and young adult men, accounting for 1% to 2% of all non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
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A simple and effective technique for identification of intersegmental planes by infrared thoracoscopy after transbronchial injection of indocyanine green [PDF]
, 2012 ObjectivePulmonary segmentectomy has been recognized as an operative option for complete resection of early-stage lung cancer in patients with poor pulmonary function.
Ko, Eitetsu +3 more
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Diagnostic and Prognostic Implications of Pleural Adhesions in Malignant Effusions [PDF]
, 2008 Background and objectiveWe aimed to examine the frequency of pleural adhesions and to determine their relationship with pleural tumor burden, pleural fluid (PF) biochemistries, PF cytologic yield, and survival in patients with malignant pleural effusion (
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Thoracoscopic operations in children [PDF]
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New Challenges in Medical Thoracoscopy [PDF]
Respiration, 2011 Thoracoscopy is currently the gold standard for the diagnosis and treatment of pleural diseases. Its diagnostic yield is 95% in patients with malignant pleural disease, with approximately 90% successful pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion and 95% for pneumothorax.
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Variability in the reported management of pulmonary metastases in osteosarcoma. [PDF]
, 2015 Nearly 20% of patients with newly diagnosed osteosarcoma have detectable metastases at diagnosis; the majority of which occur in the lungs. There are no established recommendations for the timing and modality of metastasectomy.
Bhattasali, Onita +6 more
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Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: minimally invasive thoracic surgical treatment [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: To report a case series of patients with descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) who were treated with minimally invasive thoracic surgery.
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