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Osteosarcoma presenting with malignant pleural effusion in a 55 year old

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant neoplasm of the bone with over 60% of the cases occurring in patients 10–20 years old. Osteosarcoma rarely occurs in patients older than 40 years of age, most commonly in bones affected by preexisting ...
Kritika Krishnamurthy, Sarah Alghamdi, Jyotsna Kochiyil, George F. Bruney, Robert J. Poppiti   +4 more
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The role of CD24 as a potential biomarker for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2023
Objectives Pleural mesothelioma is a rapidly progressing pleural neoplasm caused by asbestos exposure of a long latency around 30-40 years. Patients with mesothelioma are usually diagnosed at a late stage with poor outcomes in terms of morbidity and ...
Mohamed Shaaban Mousa, Ahmed Mamdooh Ghoname, Dalia Abd El-Kareem Ateya, Hamed A H Abdallah, Salwa Hassan Ahmed   +4 more
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Application of Immunohistochemistry in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary and Pleural Neoplasms [PDF]

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2017
Context.— A vast majority of neoplasms arising from lung or pleura are initially diagnosed based on the histologic evaluation of small transbronchial, endobronchial, or needle core biopsies. Although most diagnoses can be determined by morphology alone, immunohistochemistry can be a valuable diagnostic tool in ...
Jennifer S, Woo, Opal L, Reddy, Matthew, Koo, Yan, Xiong, Faqian, Li, Haodong, Xu   +5 more
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Pleural lipomatosis: A new pose of occult pleura effusion

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2016
Intrathoracic benign neoplasm can develop from any tissue; inside the thoracic cavity, however, infrequently, pleural lipomas can be detected, attributable to unusual adipose tissue in the pleural and subpleural layer.
Ahmed M. Abumossalam
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Unusual Cause of Diffuse Pleural Thickening (Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Mimic): Undifferentiated Epithelioid Malignant Neoplasm

Oman Medical Journal
The symptoms of malignant pleural mesothelioma can be mimicked by some other malignancies, clinically and radiologically. We describe a case of a 57-year-old man whose clinical and radiological findings were consistent with malignant pleural mesothelioma;
Jamal Al-Aghbari, Amira Al Badi, Radiya Al Ajmi, Saif Al Mubaihsi   +3 more
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Pleural effusion: Role of pleural fluid cytology, adenosine deaminase level, and pleural biopsy in diagnosis

Journal of Cytology, 2016
Objective: The present study is designed to evaluate the role of pleural fluid analysis in diagnosing pleural diseases and to study the advantages and disadvantages of thoracocentasis and pleural biopsy.
Biswajit Biswas, Sudershan Kumar Sharma, Rameshwar Singh Negi, Neelam Gupta, Virender Mohan Singh Jaswal, Narsimhalu Niranjan   +5 more
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Pleural effusion as first extra-medullary clinical presentation of an occult multiple myeloma: The role of medical thoracoscopy

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Multiple myeloma is a malignant neoplasm of plasma cells that usually invades the bone marrow replacing normal bone marrow and producing large amounts of light chains of immunoglobulins (Ig) [1]. Clinical manifestations are related to the accumulation of
Antonietta Coppola, Giacomo Ghinassi, Giuseppina Ciarleglio, Uberto Maccari, Laura Salerno, Elena Torricelli, Valentina Granese, Maria Lucia Valentini, Alessandro Sanduzzi Zamparelli, Valerio Torre, Raffaele Scala   +10 more
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Myelomatous pleural effusion: A rare case entity reported from a tertiary care cancer center in South India

Lung India, 2017
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell neoplasm and constitutes 10% of hematologic malignancies. Malignant myelomatous pleural effusions are very rare and occur in
Govind K Babu, Smitha C Saldanha, K N Lokesh, M C Suresh Babu, Akkamaha Devi Patil, Pretesh R Kiran, K C Lakshmaiah, D Lokanatha   +7 more
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Hipoglucemia asociada a fibroma pleural solitario. A propósito de un caso

Medicina Clínica Práctica, 2020
Resumen: El tumor fibroso pleural solitario es una neoplasia poco común, frecuentemente silente, detectándose como hallazgo casual en una radiografía de tórax. El tratamiento de elección es la escisión quirúrgica completa.
Eldis Maria Ramos Urbina, Alicia Ruiz Martin, Gema Ramirez Rodriguez, Ignacio Maria Casado Moreno   +3 more
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Bilateral Presentation of Pleural Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors: A Case Report

대한영상의학회지, 2015
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is a highly aggressive malignant small cell neoplasm occurring mainly in the abdominal cavity, but it is extremely rare in the pleura.
You Sun Won, Jai Soung Park, Sun Hye Jeong, Sang Hyun Paik, Heon Lee, Jang Gyu Cha, Eun Suk Koh   +6 more
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