Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has been widely accepted in the diagnosis and treatment of thoracic diseases for the past three decades due to its small incision, minimal trauma, and rapid ...

Dr. Margo A. Peyton (Medicine): A 43-year-old man was evaluated in the multidisciplinary Pulmonary Nodule Clinic of this hospital because of an incidentally found pulmonary nodule. One month before ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 65-year-old man was referred for a mediastinal mass in the right paratracheal area that was found on a routine ...

In June, 1944, E. H., (B. I. H. M 4921), a 33-year-old woman, experienced a sore throat, difficulty in swallowing and a nasal twang in her voice for several days. Fluoroscopy of the chest revealed a ...

Nodular sclerosis disease often involves mediastinal nodes and shows fibrous bands partitioning lymphoid tissue into nodules around Reed–Sternberg cells. Definitive workup requires excisional lymph ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. A 60-year-old white female presented to the hospital ...

Respiratory distress is one of the most common problems newborns present. It can be caused by respiratory distress syndrome, transient tachypnea of the newborn, neonatal pneumonia, meconium aspiration ...

In a 2024 Journal of Thoracic Oncology review, Haiquan Chen, MD, PhD, of Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center in China, and colleagues backed the use of selective lymph node dissection (LND) to ...

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Nodules are abnormal tissue growths that can be found anywhere in the body. Although they are often benign, some nodules are symptoms of an underlying health condition. This article will look at ...

Usually, swollen chest lymph nodes are too deep in the chest for a person to feel them. Any swollen lymph nodes in the chest appear on imaging scans. Swelling can indicate an underlying condition.