Thymic follicular hyperplasia manifested as an anterior mediastinal mass

Surgery Today

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-277

  Mizuno, Tsutomu ^a   Hashimoto, Takahiko ^a   Masaoka, Akira ^a   Andoh, Shigemitsu ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

lymphoid hyperplasia; thymic cyst; thymic hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; FOLLICULAR CYST; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030998566     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00941662     Document Type: Article

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