Recurrent mediastinal mass in a child with Hodgkin's disease following successful therapy: A diagnostic challenge

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 613-617

  Feldges, A ^a   Wagner, H P ^b   Bubeck, B ^c   Kehrer, B ^a   Ries, G ^c   Schmid, U ^c   Waibel, P ^a  

^a Ostschweizer Kinderspital   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Institute for Applied Cancer Research   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Gallium 67 SPECT; Hodgkin's disease; Recurrent mediastinal mass; Thymic rebound

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GALLIUM 67; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0030814880     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01371913     Document Type: Article

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