Localized idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis as a cause of superior vena cava syndrome: A case report

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-71

  Baslaim, Ghassan ^a   Devarennes, Benoit ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOANESTHESIA; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIASTINITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; TUMOR; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STENTS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0031884630     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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