| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 273 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
The thymus from antiquity to the present day: the history of a mysterious gland / Corrado Lavini -- Embryology and anatomy of the thymus gland / Carla Palumbo -- Physiology and Immunology of the thymus gland / Milena Nasi, Marcello Pinti, Leonarda Troiano and Andrea Cossarizza -- Congenital pathology of the thymus / William Diehl-Jones and Debbie F. Askin -- Hyperplastic and Inflammatory Pathology of the Thymus / Antonio Maiorana and Luca Reggiani-Bonetti -- Benign and malignant tumors / Cesar A. Moran -- Clinical features of thymus pathology / Ghulam Khaleeq, Hakim A. Ali and Ali I. Musani -- Thymus and Myasthenia Gravis. Pathophysiological and clinical features / Loredana Capone, Riccarda Gentile and Rudolf Schoenhuber -- Radiologic diagnosis: X-ray, CT and MRI / Matteo Zanichelli, Manuela Gozzi and Mario Bertolani -- PET features / Bruno Bagni, Antonella Franceschetto, Alessandra Casolo and Marina Cucca -- Minimally invasive and surgical diagnosis / Ciro Ruggiero, Corrado Lavini, Younes Mehd, Daniela Paioli, Marco Patelli, Mario De Santis and Antonio Affinita -- Surgical anatomy of the thymus gland / Joseph B. Shrager -- Anesthesiological problems in thymus gland surgery / Vincenzo Lucio Indrizzi, Fabio Gazzotti, Maria Antonietta Fanigliulo and Alberto Tassi -- Conventional techniques: cervicotomy / Piero Borasio and Francesco Ardissone -- Conventional techniques: median sternotomy / Alfredo Mussi and Marco Lucchi -- Conventional techniques: transthoracic approach / Uliano Morandi and Christian Casali -- Open videoassisted techniques: transcervical approach / Marc de Perrot and Shaf Keshavjee -- Open videoassisted techniques: subxiphoid approach with bilateral thoracoscopy / Chung-Ping Hsu and Cheng-Yen Chuang -- Open videoassisted techniques: transcervical-subxiphoid-videothoracoscopic maximal thymectomy / Marcin Zieliński, Łukasz Hauer, Jarosław Kużdżał, Witold Sośnicki, Maria Harazda, Juliusz Pankowski, Tomasz Nabiałek and Artur Szlubowski -- Open videoassisted techniques: thoracoscopic extended thymectomy with bilateral approach and anterior chest wall lifting / Hiroyuki Shiono, Mitsunori Ohta and Meinoshin Okumura -- Totally endoscopic techniques: left-sided thoracoscopic thymectomy / Klaus Gellert and Sven Köther -- Totally endoscopic techniques: right-sided thoracoscopic thymectomy / Gavin M. Wright and Cameron Keating -- Robotic techniques / Federico Rea and Giuseppe Marull -- Complex surgical interventions in superior vena cava syndrome / Zhen-Dong Gu and Ke-Neng Chen -- Reinterventions for thymoma recurrences / Piero Zannini, Giampiero Negri, Monica Casiraghi, Luca Ferla and Paola Ciriaco -- Chemotherapy in thymic neoplasms / Pier Franco Conte and Fausto Barbieri -- Radiotherapy in thymic neoplasms / Tony Y. Eng, Aidnag Z. Diaz and Join Y. Luh -- Complementary treatments in thymic neoplasms: steroids and octreotide / Liliana Montella and Giovannella Palmieri -- Thymus-related Myasthenia Gravis. Multimodal therapy and follow-up / Riccarda Gentile, Loredana Capone and Rudolf Schoenhuber -- Thymus transplantation / M. Louise Markert, Blythe H. Devlin, Elizabeth A. McCarthy, Ivan K. Chinn and Laura P. Hale |
| Summary |
The thymus role has been unclear until the second half of 1900. Nowadays its function is much clearer, and the increase of the thymus pathology is a challenging problem that can be better faced. The most important thymus diseases often require a multidisciplinary approach, and involve several specialists, from the clinical immunologist to the neurologist and the radiologist, from the surgeon to the anaesthesist and the oncologist. The volume deals with the whole range of this gland pathology and describes the most recent surgical and non surgical techniques. Written by international experts, i |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Thymus -- Diseases.
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Thymus.
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Lymphatic Diseases
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Thymus Gland
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MEDICAL -- Endocrinology & Metabolism.
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Thymus Gland.
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Thymus -- Diseases.
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Lymphatic Diseases.
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Thymus
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Thymus -- Diseases
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lavini, Corrado.
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| LC no. |
2008927451 |
| ISBN |
9788847008281 |
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884700828X |
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