Hemorrhagic thymopharyngeal duct cyst causing airway obstruction in an infant

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 467-469

  Lowry, Thomas R ^a   O'Hare, Timothy J ^b  

^a MCSR ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HEMORRHAGIC THYMOPHARYNGEAL DUCT CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LARYNGOSCOPY; MANDIBLE; NECK DISSECTION; NECK TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STRIDOR; THYMUS CYST; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; BLEEDING; MEDIASTINUM CYST; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX DISEASE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDIASTINAL CYST; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES;

EID: 0036832194     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.129812     Document Type: Article

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