Items tagged “historical”
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5-tier ACR system of radiologic breast findings (historical)
The 5-tier ACR system was a previously used system for the classification of radiologic breast findings, proposed by the American College of Radiology (ACR) ref. It is no longer in use having been superseded by the 6-tier BI-RADS classification system first published in 1992 1.
Classification
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Lung cancer (staging - IASLC 7th edition) (historical)
The IASLC (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) 7th edition lung cancer staging system was proposed in 2010 and has now been updated and superseded by the 8th edition, published in 2016.
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) used to be staged di...
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Small cell lung cancer (staging) (historical)
Previously, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) was not staged in the same manner as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but since 2013 both are staged using the IASLC (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) lung cancer staging system.
The idea behind a different staging system for ...
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History of breast augmentation
Breast augmentation (also known as augmentation mammaplasty) for cosmetic enlargement has been performed for well over a century. Below is a brief summary of its history.
Breast augmentation was first attempted in the 19th century, when in 1895, Czerny transplanted a patient’s lipoma to her br...
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Plombage
Plombage, also known as extraperiosteal or extrapleural pneumonolysis, is a historical treatment method for cavitary tuberculosis of the upper lobes of the lungs. It was used in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s prior to the introduction of effective antituberculous drugs, when treatment of tuberculos...
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Thoracic plombage
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02 Mar 2013
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International Society of Urological Pathology Vancouver classification of renal neoplasia (historical)
The International Society of Urological Pathology Vancouver classification of renal neoplasia is a now-outdated classification of renal tumors published in 2013. It formed the basis for the WHO classification of tumors of the kidney published in 2016. For reference, the ISUP Vancouver classifica...
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Pneumoencephalography
Pneumoencephalography is an obsolete imaging technique that allowed evaluation of the contours of the brain and ventricles by the deliberate introduction of air into the subarachnoid space.
This was achieved initially by a needle passed directly into the ventricles (via the fontanelles or a bur...
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Jewett-Strong-Marshall tumor staging system
Jewett-Strong-Marshall tumor staging system for bladder cancer is of historic interest only and has been superseded by the TNM staging system.
stage 0: epithelial
stage A: submucosal invasion but no involvement of muscle i.e. lamina propria
stage B: bladder wall or muscle invasion
B1: superf...
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