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Malignant Melanoma of Pleura: A Case Report and Literature Review

open access: yesChinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2020
Malignant melanoma is a kind of tumor produced by human melanocytes. It has a high degree of malignancy, early metastasis and high mortality. Most melanomas are caused by malignant skin nevus and can also be seen in the digestive tract such as rectum and
Bowen LI, Jian HU, Dong CHANG
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Description of eight new species of the traumatically inseminating plant bug genus Coridromius (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Coridromini) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Eight new species of the plant bug genus Coridromius are described: C. basilanus sp. nov. from the Philippines, C. eremnos sp. nov. from Sabah, Malaysia, C. fomangsu sp. nov. and C. tafo sp. nov. from Ghana, C. norfolkensis sp. nov.
Cassis, Gerasimos, Tatarnic, Nikolai J.
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Pathologic diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma: chronological prospect and advent of recommendations and guidelines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Malignant mesothelioma is rare and difficult to diagnose. Its identification depends upon pathological investigation (cyto-histological assessment and immunohistochemistry) supported by clinical and radiological evidence.
Ascoli, Valeria
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Bio-artificial pleura using an autologous dermal fibroblast sheet

open access: yesnpj Regenerative Medicine, 2017
Air leaks (ALs) are observed after pulmonary resections, and without proper treatment, can produce severe complications. AL prevention is a critical objective for managing patients after pulmonary resection.
M. Kanzaki   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: a rare case report

open access: yesPAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020
Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) is a rare clinical-pathologic entity characterized by fibrotic thickening of the pleural and subpleural parenchyma predominantly in the upper lobes. The clinical course of the disease is progressive and
Hajar Hamri   +5 more
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Recurrence of solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with hypoglycemia (Doege–Potter Syndrome): a case report description

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2023
Hypoglycemia has multiple causes, but the most common is a complication of insulin treatment. In addition to insulin therapy, tumors such as insulinomas of pancreatic origin and extrapancreatic tumors causing paraneoplastic syndromes should also be ...
Chuxu Wang   +7 more
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Desmoplastic small round cell tumors of the pleura: a review of the clinical literature

open access: yesMultidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, 2017
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the pleura is a rare malignancy, with only a few cases reported in the scientific literature. The aim of the present review is to discuss the demographic, pathological, clinical, and therapeutic features of this ...
A. Fois   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Characterization of spontaneous pneumothorax in patients at the “Dr. Leon Cuervo Rubio" Teaching Surgical Clinical Hospital

open access: yesUniversidad Médica Pinareña, 2021
Introduction: pneumothorax is defined as a disease caused by the entry of air into the virtual space that separates the visceral and parietal pleura; this air causes loss of contact between them and a lung collapse.
Eduardo Enrique Cecilia-Paredes   +5 more
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Malignant solitary fibrous tumors: voluminous invasive tumors of the pleura

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2022
Introduction Thoracic solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are usually pleural-based lesions and diagnosed incidentally. The authors, hereby, report two cases of symptomatic SFT of the pleura with locally aggressive potential. Case 1 A 63-year-old male patient
Belloumi Nidhal   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Short versus long silver nanowires: a comparison of in vivo pulmonary effects post instillation. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BackgroundSilver nanowires (Ag NWs) are increasingly being used to produce touchscreens for smart phones and computers. When applied in a thin film over a plastic substrate, Ag NWs create a transparent, highly-conductive network of fibers enabling the ...
Anderson, Donald S   +8 more
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