Chest wall hamartoma: An alarming chest lesion with a benign course

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 727-729

  Andiran, Fatih ^a   Ciftci, Arbay O ^a   Şenocak, M Emin ^a,b   Akçören, Zuhal ^a   Göǧüş, Safiye ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Pediatric Surgery ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chest wall hamartoma; Mesenchymal hamartoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX TUMOR; THORAX WALL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031923686     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(98)90199-3     Document Type: Article

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