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Surgical approach for the treatment of thymic carcinoma: 201 cases from a multi-institutional study [PDF]
Precision and Future Medicine, 2020 Purpose This study aimed to compare the outcomes of surgical approach (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery [VATS] vs. sternotomy vs. thoracotomy) for the treatment ofthymic carcinoma Methods We retrospectively reviewed 201 patients with pathologically ...
Yeong Jeong Jeon +10 more
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Pictorial essay. Pathology of the thymus on CT-imaging.
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2012 A number of masses arise in relation to the thymus. The radiologist has an important role regarding the differential diagnosis between non-tumoral thymic pathology and malignant thymic tumors.
R Peters +3 more
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Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2012 Background: A 28-year-old male smoker (6 pack-years) presented with complaints of dyspnea, cough and chest pain. Physical examination was unremarkable except for decreased respiratory sounds within anterior mid-lung zones bilaterally. Laboratory findings
N Karabulut, D Herek, S¸ Çalis¸kan
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The value of thymus and activation related chemokine immunohistochemistry in classic Hodgkin lymphoma diagnostics [PDF]
, 2023 Aims: Classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) should be distinguished from its wide variety of histological mimics, including reactive conditions and mature B and T cell neoplasms.
Rosati, Stefano +11 more
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Atypical primary carcinoid tumor of the thymus
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2014 Background: A 65-year-old man presented with slight cough and throat ache for one month. The complaints largely disappeared under medical treatment. Clinical examination and laboratory results showed no significant abnormalities.
L Blockx, K Ramboer
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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2009 Thymic carcinoma is a rare anterior mediastinal malignancy. Most patients present initially with chest pain, cough or dyspnea. Asymptomatic patients account for less than one third of the total cases.
Lien-Yen Wang +3 more
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LKB1 is essential for the proliferation of T-cell progenitors and mature peripheral T cells [PDF]
, 2010 The serine/threonine kinase LKB1 has a conserved role in Drosophila and nematodes to co-ordinate cell metabolism. During T lymphocyte development in the thymus, progenitors need to synchronize increased metabolism with the onset of proliferation and ...
Finlay, David +12 more
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Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2020 Ectopic cervical thymus is a rare congenital anomaly, which results because of the failure of complete descent of the thymus. They are incidental findings in the young and may disappear during the early years of life; however, they have rarely been ...
Vijay Shrawan Nijhawan +3 more
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Neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus [PDF]
, 2017 Primary neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus (NETTs) are rare and biologically very aggressive neoplasms, usually located in the anterior mediastinal space. They are more frequently observed in males, in their fourth/fifth decades of life. In 50% of cases,
Roffinella M. +7 more
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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Thymectomy: Transpleural Approach
Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021 There are several types of minimally invasive approaches for thymectomy, of which the transpleural approach by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is particularly useful.
In Kyu Park
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