Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2021 Bronchopleural fistula is a severe complication with a high mortality rate that occurs after pulmonary resection. Several treatment options have been suggested; however, it is a challenge to treat this condition without recurrence or other complications.
Byungkwon Kang, Yujin Myung
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Pathologic diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma: chronological prospect and advent of recommendations and guidelines [PDF]
, 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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Early Contrast Enhancement: a novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging biomarker of pleural malignancy [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction: Pleural Malignancy (PM) is often occult on subjective radiological assessment. We sought to define a novel, semi-objective Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) biomarker of PM, targeted to increased tumour microvessel density (MVD) and ...
Alexander, Laura +10 more
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Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma mimicking a malignant pleural mesothelioma: Clues for diagnosis
Thoracic Cancer, 2019 Pleural metastasis of thyroid carcinoma is very rarely encountered in the evaluation of pleural effusion and diagnosis may be challenging. However, an anaplastic transformation of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), although a rare condition, should be ...
Thibaut Capron +5 more
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Role of chest ultrasound in patients with peripheral thoracic lesions
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2023 Background Transthoracic ultrasound (US) is useful in the evaluation of a wide range of peripheral, parenchymal, pleural, and chest-wall diseases. Aim To evaluate the role of chest US in the diagnosis of peripheral thoracic lesions.
Osama Mansour +3 more
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Characteristics of pleural effusion with a high adenosine deaminase level: a case–control study
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022 Background Increased pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA) is useful for diagnosing tuberculous pleurisy (TB), but high ADA levels are associated with other diseases.
Masafumi Shimoda +8 more
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Inducers of epithelial mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cells in malignant pleural effusions [PDF]
, 2016 The Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) plays a role not only in tumor metastasis but also in tumor recurrence. This process is believed to be tightly linked to the presence of Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) however, it is still not clear which ...
Cherubini, Emanuela +5 more
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Microbiome profile associated with malignant pleural effusion. [PDF]
, 2020 INTRODUCTION:There is ongoing research into the development of novel molecular markers that may complement fluid cytology malignant pleural effusion (MPE) diagnosis.
Gilbert, Jack A +5 more
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ERJ Open Research, 2018 Talc pleurodesis is used to avoid recurrences in malignant pleural effusions or pneumothorax. The lack of lung sliding detected by chest ultrasonography (CUS) after talc application is indicative of the effectiveness of pleurodesis.
Rachid Tazi-Mezalek +10 more
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Bacterial Infection Elicits Heat Shock Protein 72 Release from Pleural Mesothelial Cells [PDF]
, 2013 Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) has been implicated in infection-related processes and has been found in body fluids during infection. This study aimed to determine whether pleural mesothelial cells release HSP70 in response to bacterial infection in vitro
Bielsa, S +8 more
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