Mediastinal teratoma presenting as massive hemoptysis in an adult

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-316

  Gunes, Seval ^a   Varon, Joseph ^a,b,c   Walsh, Garrett ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Hemoptysis; Neoplasms; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; TERATOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030743485     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(97)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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