Surgical approaches for stage IVA thymic epithelial tumors
Frontiers in Oncology, 2014 Thymic epithelial tumors (TET) are rare mediastinal neoplasms that can metastasize to the pleural space (stage IVA). Complete surgical resection remains the backbone of therapy for patients with early stage TET, however, the role of surgery in the ...
Mark eShapiro, Robert J Korst
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Not Always (and Only) Heart Failure—A Case Report of Primary Pleural Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient
Clinics and Practice, 2021 Pleural involvement in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) is well documented, but primary pleural lymphomas are extremely rare, occurring mostly in immunosuppressed patients or associated with chronic pleural inflammation.
Tiago Rabadão +6 more
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Right Cardiac Intracavitary Metastases from a Primary Intracranial Myxofibrosarcoma [PDF]
, 2016 Primary intracranial myxofibrosarcoma is exceedingly rare, with less than 10 cases published. We present a case of a 23-year-old man with previous history of a primary low grade myxofibrosarcoma of the left parietal-occipital convexity resected in March ...
Alpuim Costa, D +3 more
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Three Cases of Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome Secondary to Ovarian Metastases from Colorectal Cancer
Case Reports in Surgery, 2017 Pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome is used to describe cases of ascites and/or pleural effusion associated with ovarian neoplasms other than benign tumors, which improve after removal of the ovarian lesion.
Yuta Yamamoto +8 more
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Post-Partum Pituitary Insufficiency and Livedo Reticularis Presenting a Diagnostic Challenge in a Resource Limited Setting in Tanzania: A Case Report, Clinical Discussion and Brief Review of Existing Literature. [PDF]
, 2012 Pituitary disorders following pregnancy are an important yet under reported clinical entity in the developing world. Conversely, post partum panhypopituitarism has a more devastating impact on women in such settings due to high fertility rates, poor ...
A Cénac +27 more
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Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, 2014 Pleural schwannomas are exceedingly rare neoplasms of the thoracic cavity. To the best of our knowledge, less than 20 cases have been reported in the medical English literature. Herein, we report the case of primary pleural benign myxoid schwannoma in an
Hussam Abou Al-Shaar +5 more
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A rare case of indolent B cell lymphoma with massive pleural effusion as the initial presentation.
Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2020 Two major type of lymphoma involve the pleura as primary neoplasms: primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) in the setting of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and pyothorax-associated lymphomas (PAL), with a strong Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or ...
Xiaolin Zhang, Mangju Wang, Xinmin Liu
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Pleural involvement in plasma cell neoplasm
Cukurova Medical Journal, 2018 -
Bahçeci, Aykut +3 more
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, 1993 Cardiac myxoma often simulates multisystem disease and initially defies diagnosis. In this paper, we present three cases of cardiac myxoma in adults.
Aquilina, Oscar +2 more
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The Diagnosis of Pleural Tumors Other Than Mesothelioma.
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2018 CONTEXT - Pleural pathology has been dominated by discussions relating to the diagnosis, prognosis, etiology, and management of malignant mesothelioma. However, there exists a diverse group of other neoplasms that involve the pleura; the most common by ...
R. Attanoos, M. Pugh
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