The clinical and pathologic manifestations of iatrogenically produced mesothelium-rich fragments of operative debris

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 328-332

  Walley, V M ^a   Peters, H J ^b   Veinot, J P ^a   Courtice, R W ^a   Venance, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b St Francis Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Artefact; Carcinoma; Iatrogenic; Mesothelium; Pathology; Pericardium; Peritoneum; Pleura; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MESOTHELIUM; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEUM; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULOPLASTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACOTOMY; VISCERA;

EID: 0031034347     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(96)01046-9     Document Type: Article

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