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Reappraising Cladophialophora bantiana phaeohyphomycosis in France: retrospective nation-based study.
Lancet Microbe
November 2024
Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Régional de Tours, Department of Parasitology-Mycology-Tropical Medicine, Tours, France. Electronic address:
Article Synopsis
- * This study analyzed cases of C bantiana infections in France and its territories, involving patients who were diagnosed through a comprehensive surveillance program, focusing on survival rates and the presence of central nervous system (CNS) involvement.
- * Out of 23 patients identified from 2002 to 2022, 65% had CNS involvement, with a notable increase in cases reported in 2022, indicating a possible correlation with environmental factors like rising temperatures.
Uniportal Laser-Assisted Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy (U-LA-VATS) for Lung Metastasectomy: Technical Description, Peri-Operative Results and Pertinent Literature Review.
J Clin Med
September 2024
Thoracic Surgery, A, Gemelli University Hospital Foundation IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Article Synopsis
- Pulmonary metastasectomy (PM) is effective for treating oligometastatic cancer and aims to preserve lung function and quality of life through a lung-sparing surgical approach.
- The manuscript discusses the authors' experience with a unique technique called uniportal laser-assisted VATS (U-LA-VATS) for PM, emphasizing the use of specialized laser equipment and tools during the procedure.
- Out of 98 patients who had PM between March 2021 and November 2023, 24 were treated with the laser-assisted method, with the study presenting their results and comparing them to existing literature on the topic.
Mature teratoma of the anterior mediastinum revealed by supravalvular pulmonary stenosis: a case report.
Pan Afr Med J
January 2023
Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy Department, Monastir, Tunisia.
The mature teratoma of the mediastinum is a benign tumour made up of several adult-type tissue components which result from the abnormal development of two or three embryonic layers (ectoderm, endoderm or mesoderm). We report the case of a 31-year-old patient, admitted for management of a mediastinal tumour, revealed by a pulmonary supravalvular stenosis, symptomatic of exertional dyspnea and mid-thoracic pain. The clinical examination objectified a respiratory rate at 18 c/min and an oxygen saturation at 96% in ambient air.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMalignant Primary and Metastatic Cardiac Tumors: A Single-Center 27-Year Case Review.
Oncology
June 2023
Cardiology Department, Santa Marta Hospital, Central Lisbon Hospital University Center, Lisbon, Portugal.
Background: Malignant primary cardiac tumors are exceedingly rare, and despite surgical exeresis or chemotherapy, their prognosis remains poor. Cardiac invasion by metastatic tumors, while more common, also entails an unsatisfactory outcome. This study aimed to review patients diagnosed with malignant primary and secondary cardiac tumors in a tertiary center between 1995 and 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFF-FDG PET/CT in a cardiac metastasis in a patient with history of malignant neuroectodermal tumour of the chest wall: Case report and review of the literature.
Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol (Engl Ed)
November 2018
Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España.
The case presented is a 25-year-old male with a malignant neuroectodermal tumour on the left chest wall (Askin tumour), treated with surgery after neoadyuvant chemotherapy and followed by consolidation chemotherapy. After 9 years of disease free survival, the patient developed an acute pulmonary embolism. The echocardiogram, thoracic CT, and cardiac MRI scans revealed a mass in the right atrium.
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