Horseshoe shaped ectopic cervical thymus extending into the anterior mediastinum

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 508-510

  Cioffi, Ugo ^a,b   De Simone, Matilde ^a   Nosotti, Mario ^b   Bellaviti, Nadia ^b   Radice, Ferdinando ^b   Santambrogio, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMUS DISEASE;

EID: 0034051243     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241500750008871     Document Type: Article

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