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The radiographic appearance of gas collection in the intervertebral disc represents the so-called "vacuum phenomenon." Incidence of the vacuum phenomenon on plain radiographs is reported to be 1-20%, whereas gas-containing disc herniations are rarely observed. We present a case report involving a patient with L4/5 gas-containing disc herniation, which was demonstrated by CT and MRI scans and was also surgically documented.

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Biphagic pulmonary blastoma with a lesion of yolk sac tumor.

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

June 2007

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan Self-Defence Force Central Hospital, 1-2-24 Ikejiri, Setagaya, Tokyo 154-8532, Japan.

Biphagic pulmonary blastoma (BPB) is one of the rare pulmonary malignant neoplasms. Here, we describe a case of BPB with a histological feature of yolk sac tumor, accompanied with an elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein level (531.1 ng/ml).

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