Thymic cyst mimicking a branchial cleft cyst

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 236-237

  Dano, Issac ^a   Dangoor, Eric ^a   Eliasher, Ron ^a   Sichel, Jean Yves ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRANCHIOGENIC CYST; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NECK TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS CYST;

BRANCHIOMA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031716983     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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