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Intrathoracic carotid-body tumour (chemodectoma).
Tumours of the chemoreceptor organs of the neck, the carotid bodies, and the glomera jugulare are well-known lesions presenting as swellings in relation to the bifurcation of the carotid artery; by 1959 over 500 such tumours had been described in the world literature (Sessions, McSwain, Carl-son, and Scott, 1959). Similar tumours have, from time to time, been described in other parts of the bod...
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CASE HISTORY A 62-yr-old white nonsmoking male, with no history of serious diseases, was referred to the emergency department due to increasing epigastric pain during the previous 2 days. Physical examination revealed clinical signs of peritonitis. Abdominal sonography demonstrated cholecystolithiasis and splenomegaly. Abdominal radiography showed pronounced air content of the intestinal loops....
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The authors report a case of extramedullary haematopoiesis (EMH) presenting as an intrathoracic tumour in a patient with alpha-thalassaemia. CT scan and MRI of the chest were obtained and followed by tumour excision. Compared to beta-thalassaemia, only two cases of EMH in patients with alpha-thalassaemia have been described in the literature. A possible reason for this disparity is discussed.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1927
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591572702100259