Sudden death due to undetected mediastinal germ cell tumor

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-71

  Sanchez Hermosillo, Ernesto ^a,c   Sikirica, Michael ^b   Carter, Daniel ^a   Valigorsky, Jon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Mediastinal extragonadal germ cell tumor; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; SUDDEN DEATH; TERATOMA;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DEATH, SUDDEN; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 0031914985     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199803000-00013     Document Type: Article

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