Desmoid tumour of the thoracic outlet: An unusual cause of thoracic outlet syndrome

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 404-406

  Gehman, Kenneth E ^a,d   Currie, Ian ^a   Ahmad, Dildar ^b   Parrent, Andrew ^c   Rizkalla, K ^c   Novick, Richard J ^a  

^a Division of General Surgery   (Canada)

^b Division of Respirology   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Children's Centre Thunder Bay   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; DESMOID TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIB RESECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 0031691610     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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