Parathyroid-hormone-related-protein-producing thymic carcinoma presenting as a giant extrathoracic mass

Respiration

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-85

  Suzuki, Kazuhiko ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Shibusa, Takashi ^a   Shibuya, Yoshie ^a   Inuzuka, Manabu ^a   Fujishima, Takuya ^a   Abe, Shosaku ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest wall tumor; Hypercalcemia; Parathyroid hormone related protein; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CISPLATIN; IFOSFAMIDE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; VINDESINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL TUMOR; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0031932099     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029231     Document Type: Article

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