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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) contains properties and histologic markers of both neural crest cells and mesenchymal cells. It is a rare diagnosis, with an incidence of 1:100,000/year or 4%-10% of soft-tissue sarcomas. There are very few cases reported and studied.

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Lymphoproliferative malignancies can involve both nodal- and extra-nodal tissues. The most common extranodal site involved is the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and it is secondary to the widespread primary nodal disease. However, about 33% of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma primarily arise from tissues other than lymph nodes, spleen, or bone marrow, for example, GI tract, skin, or the central nervous system and are called primary extranodal lymphomas.

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Amiodarone is an extremely effective antiarrhythmic drug that is known to cause many adverse effects such as pulmonary, thyroid, and liver toxicities. Of these, pulmonary toxicity is most serious. Pulmonary toxicity can present as interstitial pneumonitis, organizing pneumonia, pulmonary nodules and masses, and very rarely pleural effusions.

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Idiopathic bilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction as a cause of dyspnea.

Lung India

May 2016

Department of Internal Medicine, Newark, NJ, An Affiliate of New York Medical College, NY, USA; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, NJ, An Affiliate of New York Medical College, NY, USA.

Diaphragmatic paralysis is an unusual and often underrecognized cause of dyspnea. We present a case of bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis with no identifiable etiology. Our patient is a 73-year-old female with a history of smoking who presented with dyspnea and orthopnea.

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