Benign Pleural Lesions Simulating Tumour

Benign pleural lesions simulating tumour.

Without the aid of thoracotomy it is often difficult to establish a diagnosis in cases of tumour in the thorax. Certain forms of benign pleural changes are likely to be misinterpreted as intrapulmonary, and operation for suspected lung tumour may be carried out. In the cases described here, it was possible to establish the diagnosis without employing thoracotomy. As very little attention appear...

Benign postpartum pleural effusion.

The conditions of labour appear to favour the development of pleural effusion. The frequency of postpartum pleural effusion was investigated in this study using thoracic ultrasonography. Thirty one postpartum and 22 healthy nonpregnant women of the same age-group were examined, both supine and seated, via an intercostal approach. Seven of the 31 (23%) postpartum women had pleural effusion withi...

Tumour Simulating Spina Bifida

The patient enjoyed excellent health from his childhood up to the age of 21, when he felt a peculiar sensation of heat and burning over his waist. On rubbing his finger over the part, he felt the skin a little raised. The pain and the swelling lasted for a fortnight or so when it was cured by a hakim of his place. Three months after the alleged cure, he noticed a fluctuating tumour about the si...

Acoustic Voice Measures in Benign Mass Lesions

Objectives: The present study aims to compare acoustic voice parameters in patients with vocal cord nodules, polyps, and normal subjects.  Methods: In this cross-sectional case-control study, the participants were selected by convenience sampling, including 30 patients with vocal polyps group, 38 patients with vocal nodules for the second group, and 42 participants without voice pathologies a...

A Benign Spinal Tumour