Superior vena cava syndrome caused by a benign retrosternal multinodular goiter

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 409-410

  Promisloff, Robert A ^a,b   Pervall Phillips, Gina P ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Respiratory Associates Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

retrosternal multinodular goiter; Superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FIBEROSCOPE; GOITER; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MALE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030818773     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7556/jaoa.1997.97.7.409     Document Type: Article

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