abstract background the aim of this study was to evaluate sensitivity and specificity of mediastinal sonography, and compared with ct, in detection of anterior mediastinal neoplasms. materials and methods the sonography with convex probes (5.0 and 7.5 mhz) was done prospectively for 34 patients (from 2 to 25 years old) with mediastinal mass. the results were compared with the results of contras...

BACKGROUND extrathoracic malignancies metastasize to the mediastinum and/or pulmonary hilum. Mediastinoscopy and thoracoscopy are standard to obtain tissue proof of metastatic spread but are invasive. Endobronchial ultrasound with real-time-guided transbronchial fine-needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally invasive alternative for surgical staging of lung cancer. METHODS we analysed the ...

Correspondence: Vasileios S. Skouras, MD, PhD Department of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine 401 General Army Hospital 1 Kanellopoulou Street, 11526, Athens, Greece Tel.: +306973380282, Fax: +302106997765 Ε-mail: [email protected] SUMMARY. Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer worldwide. The most favourable prognosis is achieved with complete resection of the malignant tumour, which is only feasib...

Thymoma, a rare epithelial neoplasm, is the most common anterior-superior mediastinal tumour. Thymoma can occur sporadically or in association with other conditions, such as myasthenia gravis, pure red cell aplasia (PRCA), and hypogammaglobulinemia. Only 5% of thymoma cases develop PRCA; however, 10-50% of patients presenting with PRCA have an associated spindle cell type thymoma. Thymoma compl...

Neuroendocrine carcinoma, which was first reported in 1907, is a rare disease [1]. This cancer most commonly originates in the gastrointestinal tract, although it can occur in the lungs, thymus, parathyroid gland, ovaries, and biliary system. However, mediastinal primary small cell neuroen-docrine carcinoma (MPSCN) is extremely rare. Its origin is not clear [2]. The diagnosis of MPSCN requires ...

The clinical staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is of paramount importance. It determines prognosis and therapy, and inaccurate stagingmay result in inappropriate treatment. In particular, clinical staging that misses mediastinal metastases may result in the patient undergoing a futile thoracotomy. Conversely, accurately detecting mediastinal metastases preoperatively would allow con...

OBJECTIVES To assess the false-negative (FN) rate of positron emission tomography (PET)-chest computed tomography (CT) scan in clinical non-central cIA and cIB non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for mediastinal staging. METHODS Between January 2007 and December 2010, 402 patients with potentially operable NSCLC were assessed by thoracic CT scan and 18-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose PET-CT for media...

To cite: Kimpton J, Teh E, Cogswell L, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015211190 DESCRIPTION We present a case with a successful use of mixed silicone and saline implant expanders to achieve mediastinal repositioning facilitated by periprocedural bimodal assessment. A 63-year-old man with a large central tumour underwent right pneumonectomy...

An elderly woman presented with dyspnoea secondary to extensive mediastinal invasion by a primary well differentiated liposarcoma of the mediastinum. Five years after partial resection and postoperative radiotherapy (45 Gy) she is alive and well. To our knowledge, long term survival has not previously been reported for a non-encapsulated mediastinal liposarcoma treated by incomplete resection -...

Lung cancer is rare disease in patients under 25 years of age. It typically occurs in older patients with a history of tobacco use. This case concerns a 20-year-old man with no history of tobacco use who complained of several months of cough and lower back pain and an 11.3-kg weight loss. He was treated for pneumonia after a chest radiograph showed total opacification of the right lung. Compute...