A goitre is an enlarged thyroid gland. Some people with a goitre (but not all) have an underactive or overactive thyroid. This means that they make too much or too little thyroid hormone. There are various causes of goitre and treatment depends on the cause.
Chemical pleurodesis is a well-accepted, palliative therapy for patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusion. A multitude of chemical agents have been used in attempted pleurodesis.n the 6 other patients with malignant pleural effusions, 2 had pleural abrasion prior to talc poudrage, whereas 4 had only talc slurry pleurodesis. Therefore, it would have been more appropriate for the authors to state that, with 89 pleurodeses, 4 patients developed ARDS, which may have been solely related to talc.
Appointments & care. At Mayo Clinic, we take the time to listen, to find answers and to provide you the best care. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are a type of cancer that occurs in the protective lining of the nerves that extend from the spinal cord into the body.Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are also called neurofibrosarcomas.alignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors occur more frequently in people with an inherited condition that causes nerve tumors (neurofibromatosis) and in people who have undergone radiation therapy for cancer.