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[CA 19-9 Secreting Extralobar Sequestration Presenting as a Bifocal Posterior Mediastinal Tumour].
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Thoraxchirurgie, Universitäres Thoraxzentrum Mainz, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Deutschland.
A 60-year-old female patient was referred for further diagnosis and treatment of a posterior mediastinal lesion. The lesion was incidentally discovered in a CT scan of the chest and abdomen, which had been performed due to an increased CA 19-9 in routine blood tests. At the time point of the referral, the lesion had already been biopsied twice (CT guided and through EUS) but the histopathology was inconclusive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA rare case of lipomatous ganglioneuroma of the adrenal gland.
Urol Case Rep
March 2025
Department of Urology, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW, Australia.
Lipomatous ganglioneuroma's are exceedingly rare benign tumours. They originate from the neuroepithelium along the sympathetic ganglia. These rare tumours have been reported generally in the posterior mediastinum and retroperitoneum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHiatal Hernia in an Elderly Patient Complicated by Upper Gastroesophageal Bleeding, Pulmonary Embolism, and Respiratory Failure: A Case Report.
Cureus
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Internal Medicine, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, BHR.
Hiatal hernias occur when abdominal contents protrude into the posterior mediastinum through the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm. They are classified into four types, with Type I (sliding) being the most prevalent. We report a case of a patient diagnosed with a large Type IV paraesophageal hernia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA rare case of ruptured mediastinal echinococcal cyst causing diagnostic challenge: A case report.
Int J Surg Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan.
Introduction: Echinococcus is a common infection in an endemic country like Bhutan. Mediastinal echinococcosis is rare. Although presentation due to a mediastinal echinococcal cyst is variable according to the cyst's location, a reaction due to rupture of the cyst and simultaneous reaction to an administration of antibiotics such as ceftriaxone can cause a diagnostic challenge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: EnBloc resections of bone tumors of the spine are very demanding as the target to achieve a tumor-free margin specimen (sometimes impossible due to the extracompartimental tumor extension) is sometimes conflicting with the integrity of neurological functions and spine stability. : The surgical treatment of a huge multi-level chordoma of the thoracic spine with unusual extension is reported. Anteriorly, the tumor widely invaded the mediastinum and displaced the aorta; on the left side, it expanded in the subpleuric region; posteriorly, it was uncommonly distant 13 mm from the posterior wall.
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