What is the Differential Diagnosis of a Suprarenal Mass?
Discussion
Suprarenal masses (SRM) are not that common (incidence of 1.9/1000 in neonates), but are more commonly diagnosed prenatally because of prenatal ultrasound. Masses can be difficult to accurately diagnose even after birth because their features overlap. Radiographically they can be variable in size, cystic/solid or mixed and with or without calcifications. Common signs and symptoms of SRM include anemia, jaundice, scrotal hematoma and abdominal mass. Signs of asphyxia may also occur. Often patients whose diagnosis is not clear are monitored closely for a few weeks to see how the lesion changes with time. This is e...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 5, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
A tumor with teeth was found in the pelvis of an ancient Egyptian woman, along with a ring to protect her from pain
None A tumor with teeth was found in a 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian burial site. • None The tumor, a teratoma, is a rare find in archaeology. • None It was found near a ring that may have been thought to magically protect its wearer from pain. A rare tumor with teeth has been found in the…#egyptian #northdesertcemetery #amarna #egypt #egyptians #gretchenrdabbs #teratomas #bes #africa #pharaohakhanathen (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Causes Mediastinal Masses?
Discussion
The mediastinum resides in the chest and is the space bounded by the thoracic inlet cephalically, diaphragm caudally, sternum anteriorly and transverse process of the spine posteriorly, and mediastinal pleura and lungs laterally. It is divided into various compartments:
Superior mediastinum
Bounded by the thoracic inlet cephalically and a horizontal plane passing from the manubriosternal joint to the junction of T4/T5 vertebrae horizontally.
Structures include: esophagus, trachea, parts of great vessels and first branches, great veins and initial branches, thymus, vagus, phrenic and other nerves, thoracic duct...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
How Are Ovarian Teratomas Treated?
Title: How Are Ovarian Teratomas Treated?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 5/17/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/17/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Cancer General)
Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - May 17, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Indian teen's stomach ache turns to be her own malformed twin, case report reveals
A 17-year-old Girl in India had a mass growing on her abdomen for five years. A BMJ case report reveals she's the first woman known to carry a 'teratoma' or malformed twin to her near-adult age. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Twin girl with suffocating tumor in the womb is SAVED by 'half delivery'
The odds were against Jenessa and Genesis when, on their 13-week scan, Chicago doctors spotted a teratoma, a benign but fast-growing tumor, on Jenessa's neck. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Six-month-old boy defies doctors to survive a grapefruit-sized tumour
Harry Morris, now six months old, from Wigan, was diagnosed with a non-cancerous teratoma tumour while he was in the womb and had to have a nine-hour operation after he was born. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Patient With Pure Teratoma of the Testis Presenting With an Anterior Mediastinal Mass
A 39-year-old man is diagnosed with pure post-pubertal teratoma of the testis. What are the best steps of management? (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - March 13, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Alexandria M. Hertz, MD, Timothy C. Brand, MD, Matthew M. Banti, MD Source Type: news
A diagnosis you can ’t afford to miss
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Antibody-Mediated Encephalitis. Dalmau J, Graus F. N Engl J Med 2018 Mar 1;378:840-851.
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TPR has posted before about anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, a must-know, can’t-miss, humbling diagnosis that is distressingly easy to overlook. Although it is not a toxicologic condition, all toxicologists and emergency physicians should be thoroughly familiar with its presentation and clinical course. Let me explain why.
NMDAR encephalitis often begins with behavioral changes, mood swings, and memory deficits in relatively young patients. According to this somewhat technical but excellent review, the ...
Source: The Poison Review - March 2, 2018 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Gussow Tags: Medical anbitody-mediated encephalitis anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis brain on fire diagnosis Source Type: news
UCLA scientists use stem cells to study genetics of germ cell tumors
UCLA researchers have made new inroads into understanding germ cell tumors, a diverse and rare group of cancers that begin in germ cells — the cells that develop into sperm and eggs. The researchers developed a protocol to recreate germ cell tumor cells from stem cells and used the new model to study the genetics of the cancer.Their findings could point the way toward new drugs to treat germ cell tumors, which account for around 3 percent of all cases of childhood and adolescent cancer.The study, published in Stem Cell Research, was led by Amander Clark, a UCLA professor of molecular cell and developmental biology and a ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 29, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Solving the mystery of a shapeshifting neck tumor
Jaedin, 10 years old, holds the control for a remote-controlled race car, Christmas 2017.
Amanda Brown couldn’t shake an uneasy intuition that something just seemed “off” throughout her second pregnancy. During a scheduled caesarian section at her local hospital in North Carolina, her instinct proved to be true.
“I had given birth to my first son by C-section so I knew what to expect,” Amanda says. “But this time around, as the surgeons totally stalled in the middle of the delivery, I thought to myself, ‘it doesn’t take this long to pull a baby out.’”
When her son Jaedin was finally delivered, Amanda an...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - January 24, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Kat J. McAlpine Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Center for Airway Disorders cervical teratoma Dr. Reza Rahbar germ cell tumor Neck and Skullbase Surgery Program at Boston Children's NICU Solid Tumors Center at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Source Type: news
Football sized tumor on women's ovary causes memory-loss
Kira Hartley, 27, from Illinois, was diagnosed with a massive tumor identified as a teratoma on one of her ovaries that caused seizures, hallucinations and memory loss. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Traumatic rupture of a posterior mediastinal teratoma following motor-vehicle accident - Bell C, Domingo F, Miller AD, Smith JS, Headrick JR.
We report a case of a posterior mediastinal mature cystic teratoma with rupture secondary to blunt chest trauma in a 20-year-old male involved in a motor-vehicle accident. Initial treatment was guided by Advanced Trauma Life Support and a tube thoracostomy... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 9, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Scientists illuminate a method for safer stem cell treatments
(American Chemical Society) Because they can develop, or differentiate, into basically any tissue type, pluripotent stem cells could be the key to a host of regeneration therapies. But those PSCs in a culture dish that remain undifferentiated could form teratomas, a kind of tumor, if transplanted into patients. This week in ACS Central Science, researchers report a new light-based technology that could remove this risk. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Surrey teenager who thought cramps were food allergy discovers she has rare tumour
Kezia Denne, 16, from Elstead, Surrey, was rushed to hospital complaining of stomach pains. Doctors tested her and said she had a germ cell tumour - immature teratoma - in her ovary. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
