Unusual intrathoracic location of a primary germ cell tumour

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 651-653

  Okur, Erdal ^a,c   Halezeroglu, Semih ^a   Somay, Adnan ^b   Atasalihi, Ali ^a  

^a Sureyyapasa Thoracic and Cardiovascular Diseases Teaching and Investigation Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Bezm i Alem Valide Sultan Vakif Gureba Research and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Embryonal carcinoma; Intrapulmonary germ cell tumour; Yolc sac tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX TUMOR; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CISPLATIN; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036803190     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00390-1     Document Type: Article

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