Giant Mediastinal Lymphangioma in a Neonate: Report of a Case

Surgery Today

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 527-531

  Takamatsu, Hideo ^a   Noguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Tahara, Hiroyuki ^a   Kajiya, Hiroshi ^a   Akiyama, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okura Nat Hosp   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lymphangioma; Mediastinal; Neonate

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 0029683295     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00311561     Document Type: Article

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