Pleural and mediastinal malignancies: management and rare clinical cases

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: N. Maskell (Bristol, United Kingdom), P. Zarogoulidis (Thessaloniki, Greece), P. Astoul (Marseille, France)
Mesothelioma in north east London
E. Hadley, T. O‘Shaughnessy, F. Breen, M. Apps (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Fibrosing mediastinitis mimicking bronchogenic carcinoma
B. Berktas, D. Koksal, H. Bayiz, N. Mutluay, A. Koyuncu, F. Demirag, G. Dagli, M. Berkoglu (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Medical pleurodesis – Safety, effectiveness and adherence to the guidelines: East of England DGH experience
A. Jahangir, V. Sirpa, A. Arya, S. Durairaj (Kings Lynn, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A rare case of malignant pleural mesothelioma presenting with multiple metastatic pulmonary nodules
N. Basay, N. Mendil, H. Bayiz, D. Koksal, N. Mutluay, F. Demirag, B. Berktas, M. Berkoglu (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Benefit of the serum-effusion albumin gradient in congestive heart failure patients
P. Sangsayunh, B. Saejueng (Nonthaburi, Thailand)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Epigenetic deregulated translation control of C/EBP-alpha leads to increased mesothelioma cell proliferation
J. Zhong, N. Miglino, M. Tamm, D. Lardinois, M. Roth (Basel, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Granulomatous reaction – A common cause of mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy in non-pulmonary malignancies
A. Sundset, I. Leuckfeld, P. Giæver, P. Jebsen, A. Naalsund (Oslo, Norway)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Patients with malignant pleural effusions who are treated with indwelling pleural catheters spend fewer days in hospital
E. Fysh, A. W. Musk, Y. C. G. Lee (Perth, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The burden of mesothelioma mortality: Estimation as the first step to prevention
A. Jamil, B. Prathibha (Canterbury, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Evaluation of pulmonary reexpansion after thoracocentesis using electrical impedance tomography
S. Alves, F. Vargas, M. Amato, L. Teixeira, C. Carvalho, R. Sales, J. Puka, P. Caruso (São Paulo, Brazil)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: Facts & survival rate
C. Guimarães, L. Fernandes, L. Rodrigues, A. Figueiredo, F. Barata (Coimbra, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Acute pleural service: Experience and pathways
B. Khan, M. Townsend (Dartford, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
First ever report of histologically proven bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia after antineoplastic treatment of a malignant pleural mesothelioma with cisplatin and pemetrexed
M. Lehmann, A. T. Kempa, F. Stanzel, M. Serke (Hemer, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
An analysis of indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) insertions for malignant pleural effusions
E. Reid, P. Sivasothy, S. Marciniak (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Unusual case of multiple pleural masses
V. Sirpa, P. Kanthapillai (Luton, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Comparative evaluation of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) & adenosine deaminase (ADA) in pleural fluid and serum of patients with pleural effusions
I. Tsilioni, M. Minas, V. Tsolaki, A. Triantaris, C. Daenas, E. Gerogianni, K. Gourgoulianis (Larissa, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The impact of malignant pleural effusion – A retrospective review
R. Budd, N. Acharya, M. Malik (Barnsley, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Desmoplastic small round cell tumour of the pleura. Report of a rare case
I. Vlachantoni, E. Chondrou, M. Baka, H. Kosmidis, M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Primary pulmonary Hodgkin‘s lymphoma with endobronchial involvement: A case report
O. Okutan, O. Ayten, D. Demirel, E. Demirer, D. Tas, Z. Kartaloglu (Istanbul, Van, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract