INTRODUCTION Salivary gland-type cancers are rare lung neoplasms involving mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC), adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), and epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC). Their behavior and prognostic features are not clearly defined because of their low incidence. We retrospectively analyzed the clinicopathologic profiles of these tumors in a large series. METHODS Eighty-eight ...

RAu M. E. and TANNER C. E. 1976. Echinococcus multilocufaris in the cotton rat: growth of intrathoracic metastases following surgical removal of subcutaneous cysts. International Journal for Parasitology 6: 151-153. The radical resection of large, established subcutaneous cysts of Echinoc5ccus multiloculuris results in a ZO-fold increase in the weight of its intrathoracic metastases. While all ...

Neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF-1) associated-intrathoracic meningocele is a rare clinical finding. We report the cases of two adults who were diagnosed with NF-1-associated intrathoracic meningoceles and successfully treated with a novel surgical technique called “dural turnover repair method.” Both patients were symptomatic. Preoperative imaging showed a cystic lesion in the thoracic cavity of b...

Desmoid tumors are fibroblastic/myofibroblastic neoplasms, which originate from musculo-aponeurotic structures and are classified as deep fibromatoses. Despite their benign histologic appearance and lack of metastatic potential, desmoid tumors may cause aggres?sive local infiltrations and compression of surrounding structures. They are often associated with female gender, familial adenomatous p...

OBJECTIVE The anatomy and neurophysiology of cough has been reviewed in the preceding section. The objective of this section is to describe how the varied anatomic components of the respiratory system work in concert to produce an effective cough. METHODS This was accomplished by reviewing (1) the factors needed to produce effective cough pressures and gas velocity in the airways, and (2) the...

Accurate assessment of the invasion of intrathoracic structures by stage III thymic tumors assists their appropriate management. The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of computed tomography (CT) features for the prediction of stage III thymoma invasion. The pre-operative CT images of 66 patients with confirmed stage III thymic tumors were reviewed retrospectively. The CT features of ...

using complement fixation technique, serial serum samples from 15 patients undergoing surgical removal of malignant tumors were assayed for the presence of tumors antibodies against the cellular fractions of both normal and carcinomatous tissue. antibody responses against tumor associated antigens were detected in four cases. in all cases antibody activity was directed only against the supernat...