Cervical thymic cyst: Case reports and review of the literature

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-252

  Nguyen, Quoc ^a   de Tar, Michael ^a   Wells, Winfield ^b   Crockett, Dennis ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK TUMOR; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS CYST;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029966517     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199603000-00001     Document Type: Article

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