More than one-quarter of tested workers at an Ohio manufacturing plant historically exposed to asbestos-containing vermiculite ore exhibited signs of scarring of the chest wall lining, or pleural ...

GUANGZHOU, China, July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2nd "Latest Chest Wall Surgery Technique Global Training Program", hosted by the Institute of Chest Wall Surgery (ICWS) of Guangdong Second ...

Costochondritis is inflammation of the cartilage connecting the ribs and breastbone. It can cause a stabbing, burning, or aching pain in the chest wall. Coughing and a blow to the chest are among the ...

GUANGZHOU, China, July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The inaugural Global Chest Wall Surgery Conference concluded successfully in Guangzhou on July 19, uniting leading medical experts worldwide to share ...

Definitive chemoradiation for oligometastatic esophageal cancer patients. PIONEER: A multicenter, open-label, randomized phase II trial of second-line apatinib plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy ...

The axilla is the space in the interval marking the junction of the upper arm and the chest wall. It is a key area because many important neurovascular structures pass through it. It is pyramidal in ...

A middle-aged man whose heart had expanded to fill his entire chest cavity has been diagnosed with an extremely rare condition known as Wall to Wall Heart. In a case report published in the British ...

Lucy Jean M. Prince, M.D., Joanne Baerg, M.D., Donald Janner, M.D. Edited by Parvin H. Azimi, M.D. and Moses Grossman, M.D. A 14-year-old Tongan girl presented with a 6-month history of anterior chest ...

Pectus excavatum is a developmental issue with the chest in which the sternum or breastbone caves inward and creates a sunken appearance. It is also known as cobbler’s chest or funnel chest. Pectus ...