Mediastinal schwannoma: A case report.

Introduction: Mediastinal schwannoma is a rare tumor that develops from a peripheral nerve sheath in the mediastinal.

Case Presentation: An Indonesian female, 60 years old, complained of breathlessness, left chest pain, and an intermittent cough. A cystic lesion in the left lung was discovered on radiological evaluation and no evidence of malignancy or metastases were found.

Ruptured mediastinal mature teratoma with shigellosis empyema: A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Mediastinal mature teratomas are often benign and asymptomatic, but ruptured mediastinal mature teratoma is rare and induces severe complications.

Case Presentation: A male, 23 year old, complained shorthness of breath, right chest pain, fever, and cough. Radiological examination (X-ray, CT-Scan and MRI) showed mediastinal teratoma and pleural effusion.

Tumor-promoting inflammation in lung cancer: A literature review.

Tumor-promoting inflammation is an inflammation that occurs because tumor cells cause necrosis of healthy cells which releases cell contents into the environment, triggering the release of proinflammatory mediators. There are intrinsic and outside factors of tumor-promoting inflammation. Intrinsic factors are genetically related, while extrinsic factors are due to mediators and inflammatory cells.