Mediastinal epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in a patient with type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 412-415

  Begbie, Stephen D ^a   Bell, David R ^a   Nevell, David F ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Mediastinum; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIOID CELL; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHRENIC NERVE;

BIOPSY; CHEST PAIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PARALYSIS;

EID: 0030811699     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199708000-00019     Document Type: Article

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