Rare localization of a giant thymoma in the anterior-inferior mediastinum;Seltene Lokalisation eines monstrosen Thymoms im vorderen unteren Mediastinum

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 244-246

  Selzner, Markus ^a   Schmidt, Rainer ^a   Mönig, Stefan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

anterior inferior mediastinum; dyspnoea; thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031564560     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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