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Characteristics of pleural effusion in IgG4-related pleuritis
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020 Here we describe the case of a 78-year-old man with respiratory failure and right pleural effusion. Computed tomography showed right pleural effusion with pleural calcification, tumor-like shadows induced by passive atelectasis, and enlarged mediastinal ...
Zenya Saito +4 more
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An atypical pleural effusion [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2010 A 51-year-old male presented with increasing dyspnoea, pleuritic chest pain and pain in the right shoulder tip. Clinical examination revealed stony dull percussion and absent breath sounds on the right mid and lower zones of the chest. He had no clinical evidence of heart failure or systemic volume overload, the main differential diagnoses in this case.
Smyth, A. +4 more
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, 2021 If an abnormal fluid collection develops between the pleural linings, the patient is deemed to have a pleural effusion. A pleural effusion can occur unilaterally (affecting the pleural space of one lung) or bilaterally (affecting both lungs).
Jane Scullion, Terry Robinson
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.The proposed mechanism of action for the CDK12/13 inhibitor and cyclin K degrader, CT7439. CDK12/13 inhibition interrupts transcription elongation, leading to increased DNA damage that results in cell death. This agent is a potentially novel treatment option for patients with colorectal cancer. Created in BioRender. Cyclin‐dependent kinase (CDK) 12 and
Wylie K. Watlington +10 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Tumour heterogeneity and clonal evolution of metastatic salivary gland cancer were evaluated in two patients with adenoid carcinoma and one patient with myoepithelial carcinoma. Radiology‐guided autopsy enabled multi‐region sampling (total samples n = 149), followed by whole‐genome sequencing and phylogenetic reconstruction (17 tumour samples, 4–7 per ...
Gerben Lassche +10 more
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Clinical and Translational Science, 2022 The exact role of pleural effusion in the prognosis of cancer patients remains unclear. We aimed to systematically review the prognostic value of pleural effusion in patients with cancer.
Yuan Yang +5 more
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Brief images : massive pericardial effusion [PDF]
, 2014 Significant pericardial effusions are an uncommon but very important disorder in childhood. Referring to one of the patients, cross-sectional imaging demonstrated a massive pericardial effusion. The underlying etiology here was connective tissue disease
Maharaj, Satish, Chang, Simone
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Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.In patients with malignant ureteral obstruction undergoing percutaneous nephrostomy, sarcopenia defined by a low psoas muscle index was independently associated with poor overall survival on multivariate Cox regression analysis, suggesting that preoperative assessment of psoas muscle index may aid prognostic stratification in this population.
Kota Shimokihara +3 more
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A dangerous pleural effusion [PDF]
The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2010 Bilothorax is a rare complication of biliary peritonitis and, if not treated promptly, can be life-threatening. We report a case of a middle-aged woman who had undergone a bilio-enteric bypass and subsequently a biliary leak developed, which finally led to intra-abdominal biliary collection and spontaneous bilothorax. The clinical course was rapid and
Somprakas, Basu +2 more
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Chronic Pancreatitis with Unilateral Pleural Effusion: An Atypical Presentation [PDF]
Pancreaticopleural fistula is a rare complication of acute or chronic pancreatitis. The most prevalent reasons for chest discomfort in this patient were pleural effusion, mediastinal or pleural pseudocyst.
Illani Binti Riza +2 more
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