Primary mediastinal tumors. Part 1: Tumors of the anterior mediastinum

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 511-522

  Strollo, Diane C ^a   Rosado De Christenson, Melissa L ^b   Jett, James R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumors; Goiter; Lymphangioma; Mediastinum; Neoplasm; Parathyroid adenoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYMUS CANCER;

EID: 0013213092     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.2.511     Document Type: Article

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