The word
"mediastinal" refers to something related to the area between the lungs, called the mediastinum.
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While most cranial
mediastinal masses are usually thymoma or lymphosarcoma, other causes may include ectopic thyroid tissue, branchial cyst, chemodectoma, or thoracic wall tumor.
Clinical signs are variable and are related to a space - occupying
cranial mediastinal mass and / or manifestations of the paraneoplastic syndrome.
These patients had either chemorefractory DLBCL or variants of DLBCL like primary
mediastinal B - cell lymphoma or transformed follicular lymphoma.
In the spleen and
mediastinal lymph nodes, they found significantly increased Th1, Th2, Th17 and Treg cells.
The relative uniformity of the widening in this case makes the presence
of mediastinal fluid more likely than the presence of a mass.
We hereby report a case with relapsed pleomorphic liposarcoma adjacent to the psoas major muscle and
with mediastinal metastasis, to discuss the clinical features...
Some lines may be predisposed to some cancers such
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(1) The patient in this case had
mediastinal fluid without tracheal narrowing and mild pleural effusion, but no pulmonary infiltrates.
Minimally invasive endoscopic staging
for mediastinal lymphadenopathy in lung cancer: a systematic review protocol
Most mediastinal patients are young (less than 5 years old) adults and most (80 %) are feline leukemia virus positive.
Radiation to the primary disease site was delivered via SAbR where possible, or through 15 fractions of hypofractionated radiation therapy if the primary tumor was too central or
involved mediastinal nodes.
Discordant Lymphoma Consisting of
Mediastinal Large B - Cell Lymphoma and Nodular Sclerosis Hodgkin Lymphoma in the Right Supraclavicular Lymph Nodes: A Case Report.
Screening for coronary artery disease
after mediastinal irradiation for Hodgkin's disease.
Given the history, the most likely differential is
mediastinal hemorrhage and mild bilateral pleural hemorrhage secondary to rodenticide toxicity.
Findings include
increased mediastinal soft tissue opacity with or without tracheal narrowing, variable amounts of pleural effusion, and patchy pulmonary infiltrates.
Mediastinal lymphoma in cats with feline leukemia carries a poor prognosis, with an average survival time of 3 months.
Thymoma - associated exfoliative dermatitis was suspected in a cat with a cranial
mediastinal mass.
Most dogs and cats with a
cranial mediastinal mass will present with signs of dyspnea, coughing, and / or exercise intolerance.
Cats
with mediastinal (chest) lymphoma have a much poorer prognosis since many of these cats also have feline leukemia.
The brown fat that exists in adult humans is concentrated in specific small parts like the supraclavicular,
mediastinal, cervical, paravertebral, suprarenal and para-aortic areas.
In the days prior to the release of the vaccine for the feline leukemia virus,
mediastinal lymphoma was the most common form of feline lymphoma.
Possible causes of chylothorax include anterior
mediastinal masses (mediastinal lymphosarcoma, thymoma), heart disease (cardiomyopathy, heartworm disease, congenital cardiac diseases, etc.), fungal granulomas, congenital abnormalities of the thoracic duct, and diffuse lymphatic abnormalities.
Mediastinal lymphoma occurs within the chest, and therefore is often associated with respiratory difficulties.
In cats without feline leukemia,
mediastinal lymphoma often shows at least a partial response to chemotherapy.
Mediastinal: The mediastinum is a term used for a special aggregation of lymphoid tissue in the chest.
In the days before the vaccine for the feline leukemia virus,
mediastinal lymphoma was the most common form of feline lymphoma.
Precaval syndrome (swelling of the head, neck, and / or thoracic limbs) is possible if
the mediastinal mass causes compression of or invades the cranial vena cava.
Thoracic radiographs usually show a cranial
mediastinal mass.
On physical examination, if the cranial
mediastinal mass is extremely large, muffled lung sounds will be noted.
Fluid within the cranial mediastinum (transudate, exudate, hemorrhage) can occasionally mimic
a mediastinal mass.
Decades ago,
mediastinal and multicentric lymphomas were the most frequently diagnosed.
Mediastinal and spinal forms usually affect younger cats that are between 2 to 3 years of age and are also infected with feline leukemia virus.
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