International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
32676869
PURPOSE: Management of vestibular schwannoma (VS) is based on tumour size as observed on T1 MRI scans with contrast agent injection. The current clinical practice is to measure the diameter of the tumour in its largest dimension. It has been shown th...
BACKGROUND: Resection of large nerve sheath tumors in the lumbar spine using minimally invasive approaches is challenging, as approaches to tumors in this region may require facetectomy or partial resection of adjacent ribs for access to the involved...
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
33997901
A 24-year-old man presented with a dumbbell-shaped right posterior mediastinal mass. The patient was placed in the prone position following general anaesthesia and intubation. After laminectomy and dissection of the dorsal part of the tumour using a ...
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
37797840
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Spinal pathologies are diverse in nature and, excluding trauma and degenerative diseases, includes infectious, neoplastic (either extradural or intradural), and inflammatory conditions. The preoperative diagnosis is made with clin...
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology
39128112
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Â Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are common gastric mesenchymal tumors that are potentially malignant. However, endoscopic ultrasonography is poor in diagnosing gastrointestinal stromal tumors. The study investigated the efficacy of ...
AIMS: The objective of our study was to establish and verify a novel combined model based on multiparameter magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiomics and clinical features to distinguish intraspinal schwannomas from meningiomas.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology
38831737
BACKGROUND: Neural tumors are difficult to distinguish based solely on cellularity and often require immunohistochemical staining to aid in identifying the cell lineage. This article investigates the potential of a Convolutional Neural Network for th...
BACKGROUD: Schwannoma (SCH) and meningiomas (MEN) are the two most common primary spinal cord tumors. Differentiating between them preoperatively remains a clinical challenge due to the substantial overlap in their clinical presentation and imaging c...