Videothoracoscopic resection of anterior mediastinal teratoma in a child: Report of a case

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-56

  Nakajima, K ^a   Fukuzawa, M ^a   Minami, M ^a   Fujii, Y ^a   Fukui, Y ^a   Usui, N ^a   Komoto, Y ^a   Takashina, M ^b   Okada, A ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior mediastinal masses; Resections; Teratoma; Thoracoscopy; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MICROSCOPY; RADIOGRAPHY; TERATOMA; THYMOMA;

CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; TERATOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031600905     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900593     Document Type: Article

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