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Elephant trunk repair
An elephant trunk repair is a type of open repair procedure devised to address combined aneurysms, it is often a two staged procedure wherein the arch repair is facilitated by sternotomy and a second staged procedure is performed via left thoracotomy for the descending or thoracoabdominal aorta....
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Bronchiectasis
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06 Jan 2024
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Congenital hypogenetic lung syndrome
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21 Mar 2022
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Pancoast tumor
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13 Feb 2016
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Superior accessory fissure
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03 Mar 2015
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Ferruginous body (histology)
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26 Feb 2010
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Airway pressure release ventilation
Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is an alternative mode for mechanical ventilation. It can be adopted as an alternative method for difficult-to-oxygenate patients with acute lung injury (ALI) / acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
It is usually not recommended in patients who ...
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Thermometer artifact
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13 Jun 2020
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Thymic drop metastases
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08 Feb 2022
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Ventriculopleural shunt
Ventriculopleural shunting is an alternative option for the diversion of CSF and relief of hydrocephalus. In this technique, the distal catheter is placed in the pleural space. It is an alternative to a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (often considered the next most used alternative).
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COVID-19 pneumonia
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25 May 2020
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Polymyositis (pulmonary manifestations)
Lung involvement in polymyositis can have a number of manifestations including those resembling interstitial lung disease.
For a general discussion of polymyositis, please refer to the parent article.
Radiographic features
The lungs may present with a mixture of different fibrotic patterns, e...
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Esophageal leiomyoma
Esophageal leiomyoma is a benign smooth muscle neoplasm of the esophagus. It is the most common benign tumor of the esophagus.
Epidemiology
It is most frequently presents in young and middle age groups (20-50 years). The overall incidence is around 8-43 per 10,000 autopsy series 4.
Clinical p...
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Hemorrhagic pneumonia
Hemorrhagic pneumonia refers to a descriptive term for pneumonia (infective - inflammatory consolidation of the lung) that is complicated by pulmonary hemorrhage. It can be localized or diffuse to varying degrees depending on the extent of involvement +/- etiological agent.
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The preci...
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Post primary tuberculosis
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17 Feb 2016
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Preinvasive lesions of the lung
Preinvasive lesions of the lung are those pulmonary lesions that have not yet progressed to malignancy but have the potential to do so. This category includes:
squamous dysplasia (SD) of lungs: squamous cell carcinoma in situ (CIS) of lung
preinvasive adenocarcinoma of the lung 5,6
atypical a...
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Saddle pulmonary embolism
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22 May 2014
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Swyer-James syndrome
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12 Oct 2014
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Saddle pulmonary embolism
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06 Oct 2013
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Rapidly progressive pneumoconiosis
Rapidly progressive pneumoconiosis (RPP) is termed a form of pneumoconiosis when the condition shows an increase in chest radiograph profusion by one ILO subcategory in less than 5 years 1.
Conditions than can fall into this category include
accelerated silicosis
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