Case report of an anterior neck thymic cyst

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 656-657

  Newman, Jason G ^a,b   Namdar, Isaac ^a   Ward, Robert F ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM CYST; NECK; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; THYMUS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL CYST; NECK; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0035653392     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2001.120430     Document Type: Article

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