In echocardiographic assessment, no vegetations were seen on cardiac valves, and the pericardium was slightly thickened with trace amounts of fluid (2 mm). Laboratory tests revealed antinuclear ...

Nonetheless, should this tissue fail to migrate to the anterior mediastinum, it may transform into ectopic thymic neoplasia.5 Weissferdt and Moran found that ectopic thymomas were most frequently ...

A chest computed tomography (CT) was remarkable for a large anterior mediastinal mass abutting the pericardium, which was deemed to most likely represent a germ cell tumor, although lymphoma could not ...

They examined PPLs attached to the peripheral pleura (PP), including costal, diaphragmatic, mediastinal pleura (MP), and fissural pleura (FP), sampled using ssRAB from January 2020 to December 2023.

Methods A retrospective study on PPL attached to the peripheral pleura (PP), comprising costal and diaphragmatic pleura, mediastinal pleura (MP), and fissural pleura (FP) sampled by ssRAB, from ...

The technique of accessing the space, initially developed for drainage of pericardial effusions by pericardiocentesis and subsequently modified for accessing a normal pericardial space, will also be ...

BACKGROUND The guidelines on chemotherapy and management of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. METHODS A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee ...

Phrenic innervation (C3-C5) is placed on the central diaphragmatic pleura and the mediastinal pleura, while the supraclavicular nerve (C3-C4) conducts sensory input from the acromium process. Pain ...

Treatment approaches for MPM include surgery, radiation, and systemic chemotherapy. MPM carries a poor prognosis, but recent studies of pemetrexed and platinum analogue combination therapies have ...

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