thymoma/edema

In this case report we present the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade of tumor origin. We explain the clinical investigations for its diagnosis as well as its specific differential diagnosis in cancer patients. The different therapeutic options are also presented together with a brief

The present report describes a case of nephrotic syndrome (NS) with invasive thymoma. A male patient was hospitalized for severe edema with reduced urine output. He had a history of thymectomy and radiotherapy because of invasive thymoma 4 years before the development of NS. Renal biopsy displayed

A spayed female dog was evaluated because of edema of the ventral cervical region, lethargy, cough, and reduced exercise tolerance. Invasive thymoma and cranial vena cava syndrome were diagnosed by use of ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy and contrast-enhanced helical computed tomography.

A 48-year-old male presented with the nephrotic syndrome 3 years after resection and irradiation of a thymoma. Renal biopsy revealed membranous glomerulonephritis by electron microscopy. IgA, IgG, and C3 deposition were present in the glomerular basement membrane by immunofluorescence. There was no

Invasive thymoma with transcaval extension to the right atrium is a rare cause of superior vena cava syndrome. We present a case on a 74-year-old female presenting with dyspnea on exertion, and facial and upper extremity swelling. Physical examination revealed mild facial swelling, non-pitting edema

A 35-year-old man visited our hospital complaining of blepharoptosis and fatigability of the left arm. Under a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (Osserman Ila), ambenonium was administered and improvements were noted. At 40-year-old, the patient underwent extended thymectomy due to the development of

A 65-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with abdominal fullness and leg edema in April 2005. Diabetes mellitus and hypertension that had been diagnosed in 1990 were well-controlled with oral hypoglucemic drug. He presented with malignant thymoma accompanied by multiple metastases in the right

Nineteen cases of thymic carcinoma treated in our hospital (mean age 60.0 years, seven males and twelve females) were studied clinically. Thirteen cases (68.4%) had subjective symptom; for example, chest pain, face edema or cough. Two cases (10.5%) had the associated diseases; one had

A 69-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of coughing, dyspnea, generalized fatigue, and pretibial edema. A chest X-ray film revealed cardiac enlargement, a left hilar mass, and a small nodule in the right middle lung field. Echocardiography showed a massive pericardial effusion. A

A 53-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for treatment of fever and chest pain. Chest computed tomography showed an anterior mediastinal cystic tumor 39×57 mm in size surrounded by fat with edema and left pleural effusion. After one course of antibiotic administration, the edema of fat

A 38-year-old male was admitted with edema of the neck and face. Chest X-ray revealed a mediastinal tumor. On chest CT and MRI, a tumor infiltrating the superior vena cava and bilateral brachiocephalic veins in the upper mediastinum was observed. Venography revealed obstruction of bilateral

Ten patients with malignant inoperable thymoma were treated January 1972 and December 1978 in the Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital, Basel. The average age at the time of diagnosis was 36 years. The youngest patient with an ectopic thymoma was 5 1/2 years old and the oldest 66.

A 7-year-old German Shepherd Dog had a large cranial mediastinal mass that had resulted in chronic weight loss. A diagnosis of benign thymoma was made by transthoracic needle biopsy. The thymoma was removed surgically and the dog recovered without complications. At 4 months after surgery, the dog's

BACKGROUND Nephropathy with concurrent invasive thymoma is a type of paraneoplastic syndrome. UNASSIGNED We report a 32-year-old female with nephrotic syndrome that was first diagnosed along with invasive thymoma and treated by means of cisplatin-based chemotherapy for the thymoma. The patient