Radical resection of malignant thymoma with reconstruction of the mediastinal venous confluence

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-86

  McReynolds, S D ^a   Gharagozloo, F ^b,c   Leighton, J A ^a   Dausmann, M A ^a   Wesche, D E ^a   Pluth, J R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial neoplasms; Surgery; Thymoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA;

ANIMALS; AZYGOS VEIN; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VEINS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0029986878     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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