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Cardiac silhouette
The shadow on the chest radiograph created by the heart. A large cardiac silhouette is consistent with cardiac hypertrophy. A narrow silhouette is often seen in patients with emphysema.
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Decreased cardiac output
A state in which the blood pumped by the heart is inadequate to meet the metabolic demands of the body.
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Cardiac compensation
The ability of the heart to make up for impairments in functioning through muscular hypertrophy or other means.
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Cardiac calcium score
A measurement of the amount of calcium present on CT scanning of the coronary arteries. It is a radiological marker of coronary artery atherosclerosis. A high score (>400) predicts a high coronary artery atherosclerotic burden. Patients with scores in this range should promptly undergo some form of stress testing. A score between 100 and 399…
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Carcinoma erysipelatoides
Metastatic spreading of cancer, usually from an internal organ to the skin, to which the spreading tumor gives a red, inflammatory appearance.
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Carcinoma cuniculatum
Any slowly growing squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, typically presenting as a gradually enlarging warty tumor.
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Thymic carcinoma
A malignancy found in the anterior mediastinum, usually a squamous cell carcinoma, spindle cell carcinoma, or lymphoepithelioma. Many of these tumors release chemically active substances that cause paraneoplastic syndromes.
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Carcinoma of pancreas
The American Cancer Society estimated there would be 37,700 new cases of the disease in the U.S. in 2008, with 34,300 deaths caused by the illness that year. Although the causes of pancreatic cancer are unknown, it has been found in more men than women, more blacks than whites, more smokers than nonsmokers, and more…
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Oat cell carcinoma
A poorly differentiated tumor of the bronchus that contains small oat-shaped cells.
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Neuroendocrine carcinoma
A diverse group of tumors, such as carcinoid, islet cell tumors, neuroblastoma, and small-cell carcinomas of the lung. All have dense core granules and produce polypeptides that can be identified by immunochemical methods.
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