Sudden death in a child due to an intrathoracic paraganglioma

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 338-342

  Hutchins, Kenneth D ^a   Dickson, Dennis ^b   Hameed, Meera ^c   Natarajan, Geetha A ^a  

^a Edwin H Albano Inst Forensic Sci   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Mediastinal mass; Paraganglioma; Pediatric; Sudden death; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PARAGANGLIOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PARAGANGLIOMA;

EID: 0033372387     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199912000-00005     Document Type: Article

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