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Differentiation Between the Malignant Mesothelioma of Pleura and Pleural Metastasis with Contrast Enhanced CT, Is It Possible?

Siriraj Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To compare CT findings between malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) and metastatic pleural disease (MPD). Materials and Methods: CT chest images of 157 cases of pathologically-proven malignant pleural disease (21 MPM, 136 MPD) were ...
Krittachat Butnian, Nisa Muangman, Kanyarat Totanarungroj , Suwimon Wonglaksanapimon   +3 more
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Case Report: Indwelling Pleural Catheter Based Management of Refractory Hepatic Hydrothorax as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for decompensated liver disease, and by extension for hepatic hydrothorax. Persistent pleural effusions make it challenging for patients to maintain physiological fitness for transplantation.
Mayurun Selvan, Hannah Collins, William Griffiths, William Gelson, Jurgen Herre   +4 more
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Pleural cryobiopsy is useful for comprehensive cancer genetic panel testing

Respirology Case Reports, 2020
An 83‐year‐old woman presented with dyspnoea. Her chest X‐ray showed a right‐sided pleural effusion. Flex‐rigid pleuroscopy was performed and showed a mass in the anterior portion.
Satoru Ishii, Hiromu Watanabe, Shinyu Izumi, Masayuki Hojo, Haruhito Sugiyama   +4 more
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Pleural Involvement in IgG4-Related Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Diagnostics, 2021
Diagnostic work-up of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) pleural involvement is a complex task, as there is a broad spectrum of differential diagnoses to consider.
Federico Mei, Massimiliano Mancini, Giulio Maurizi, Andrea Vecchione, Lina Zuccatosta, Erino Angelo Rendina, Stefano Gasparini   +6 more
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Spontaneous Recurrent Pneumothorax during Pregnancy Secondary to Ectopic Deciduosis

The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2022
Background Ectopic deciduosis is a benign presence of endometrial tissue outside of the uterus during pregnancy that rarely presents with pleuropulmonary manifestations and recurrent pneumothorax. Case Description We report a 35-year-old woman
Ali A. Hakimi, Morgan M. Sellers, Alexander P. Morton   +2 more
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Pleural Space Infections

Life, 2023
Pleural space infections have been a well-recognized clinical syndrome for over 4000 years and continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Sean P. F. Foley, John Scott Parrish
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Prognostic significance of tumor microenvironment assessed by machine learning algorithm in surgically resected non‐small cell lung cancer

Cancer Reports, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Background A methodology to assess the immune microenvironment (IME) of non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has not been established, and the prognostic impact of IME factors is not yet clear. Aims This study aimed to assess the IME factors and evaluate their prognostic values. Methods and Results We assessed CD8+ tumor‐infiltrating lymphocyte (
Yukihiro Terada, Mitsuhiro Isaka, Akira Ono, Takuya Kawata, Masakuni Serizawa, Keita Mori, Koji Muramatsu, Kiyoshi Tone, Hirotsugu Kenmotsu, Keiichi Ohshima, Kenichi Urakami, Takeshi Nagashima, Masatoshi Kusuhara, Yasuto Akiyama, Takashi Sugino, Toshiaki Takahashi, Yasuhisa Ohde   +16 more
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A Rare Case of Chylothorax in a Patient with Schimmelpenning Syndrome

The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2014
Chylothorax originating in a patient with Schimmelpenning syndrome is rare and poses a problem in diagnosis and treatment. A 22-year-old male was admitted with dyspnea indicative of a large pleural chylous effusion. Besides conservative dietary treatment
Bettina Schlolaut, Hans Heinz Schild, Joachim Pfannschmidt, Dirk Kaiser   +3 more
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Use of pleural cryobiopsy for tissue culture specimens: a case report

Respirology Case Reports, 2020
A 43‐year‐old man presented with cough. His chest X‐ray showed a left‐sided pleural effusion. We suspected tuberculous pleurisy (TP), and thoracoscopy under local anaesthesia was performed. It showed entire pleura with scattered nodules.
Satoru Ishii, Manabu Suzuki, Hirokazu Arai, Jin Takasaki, Masayuki Hojo, Haruhito Sugiyama   +5 more
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Imaging of Pleural Disease

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2006
Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and subsequent management of patients with pleural disease. The presence of a pleural abnormality is usually suggested following a routine chest x-ray, with a number of imaging modalities available for further characterization.
Qureshi, N, Gleeson, F
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