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Esophageal Cancer Initially Thought to be Accompanied by a Solitary Metastasis to an Intrathoracic Paraaortic Lymph Node [PDF]

, 2012
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, Hase, Kazuo, Horio, Takuya, Maehara, Tadaaki, Ogata, Sho, Takahata, Risa, Tsujimoto, Hironori, Yaguchi, Yoshihisa   +7 more
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Role of transthoracic ultrasonography in evaluation of pleural thickening observed during medical thoracoscopy

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2020
Background and objective Ultrasound can evaluate pleural thickening; however, medical thoracoscopy permits direct inspection of the pleura, and biopsies are taken under direct vision.
Sabah A.M Hussein, Khaled M Kamel, Reem I.M Elkorashy, Hassan G Abdelnasser, Saly M Elboghdady   +4 more
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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, Geller, David, Gill, Jonathan, Gorlick, Richard, Randall, R Lor, Roth, Michael, Vo, Andrea T   +6 more
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Effect of Opioids vs NSAIDs and Larger vs Smaller Chest Tube Size on Pain Control and Pleurodesis Efficacy Among Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion: The TIME1 Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]

, 2015
IMPORTANCE For treatment of malignant pleural effusion, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are avoided because they may reduce pleurodesis efficacy.
Ali, N, Bentley, A, Chapman, M, Chauhan, A, Corcoran, JP, Davies, HE, Davies, RJO, Dobson, M, Dowson, L, Hallifax, R, Hedley, EL, Hettiarachchi, G, Lee, YCG, Maskell, NA, McFadyen, BM, Miles, J, Miller, RF, Mukherjee, D, Nunn, AJ, Pepperell, J, Psallidas, I, Rahman, NM, Rehal, S, Russell, N, Ryan, CF, Saba, T, Samuel, J, Seaton, D, Shaw, RA, Tang, A, West, A, Wrightson, JM, Yoneda, KY   +32 more
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Safety and efficacy of medical thoracoscopy in the management of loculated thoracic empyema

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2017
Background: Pleural empyema can be subdivided into 3 stages: exudative, multiloculated, and organizing. In the absence of clear septation, antibiotics plus simple drainage of pleural fluid is often sufficient treatment, whereas clear septation often ...
Ahmed Hassan Ali Abo-El-maged, Mohamed Fahmy Elsamadony, Mousa Mohamed El-Shamly, Wael Refaat Hablas   +3 more
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Tumor type M2-pyruvate-kinase levels in pleural fluid versus plasma in cancer patients: a further tool to define the need for invasive procedures [PDF]

, 2008
Pleural effusion is a common diagnostic problem and a challenge to the thoracic surgeon. The analysis of serum and body fluids for tumor markers is an established diagnostic procedure.
Cortese, C, Cristino, B, De Massimi, A, Elia, S, Guggino, G, Massoud, R, Zenobi, R   +6 more
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Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: One year prospective study

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Background: Differential diagnosis of pleural disease is often a lengthy process fraught with pitfalls. Contrary to thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy, thoracoscopy permits biopsy with direct visualization.
Sabah A. Mohamed, Marwa M. Shaban
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Anatomic Thoracoscopic Repair of Esophageal Atresia [PDF]

, 2017
Background: The thoracoscopic approach to repair esophageal atresia (EA) with tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) provides excellent view, allowing the most skillful surgeons to spare the azygos vein by performing the esophageal anastomosis over (on the ...
Al Tokhais, Evans, Holcomb, Ladd, Lobe, Parolini, Patkowski, Pierro, Rothenberg, Rothenberg, Rothenberg, Sharma, Spitz, Upadhyaya   +13 more
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New challenge in double-bore medical thoracoscopy in Fayoum University Hospital

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Background Thoracoscopy is an invasive technique. When other, less intrusive techniques are ineffective at providing a diagnosis in the case of pleural exudates, thoracoscopy should be employed. The diagnostic and therapeutic thoracoscopy methods used by
Mona I Ahmed, Radwa A El Hefny, Enas S Farhat   +2 more
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Estimating past inhalation exposure to asbestos: a tool for risk attribution and disease screening [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Late presentation is common in mesothelioma. Reliable assessment of past exposure to asbestos is a necessary first step for risk attribution and for the development of a future screening programme. Such a programme could maximise access
Blyth, Kevin G., Cherrie, John W., McElvenny, Damien   +2 more
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