Sentence examples for chest mass from inspiring English sources
When a chest mass is discovered, cross-sectional imaging is often required to accurately localize and characterize the lesion in order to narrow the differential diagnosis.
PPBs along with rhabdomyosarcomas and rhabdoid tumors are considered the most aggressive pulmonary neoplasms and radiologists should raise the possibility of PPB in the differential diagnosis of a chest mass in the appropriate-age child[ 35 ].
Two months after this local recurrence, a left anterior chest wall mass and a left parietal area scalp mass were observed.
In our study, percutaneous chest wall mass biopsy had sensitivity of 80% for the overall population and even higher sensitivity for masses smaller than 5 cm (93%).
Respiratory system compliance is markedly reduced, due to increased chest wall mass and limited diaphragmatic excursion.
One patient had history of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and presented with a chest wall mass.
However, very often, imaging studies are not definitive or fail to provide a correct diagnosis on a chest wall mass.
Among 28 patients undergoing chest wall mass biopsies, there were 20 true-positives, 3 true-negatives, and 5 false-negatives.
The tumor often presents as a large chest wall mass with an intrathoracic or extrathoracic component or both.
Retrospective analysis of patients who underwent image-guided chest wall mass biopsies over a 2-year period (from July 2005 to June 2007) was performed, after obtaining Institutional Review Board approval.
