Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi: Proper positioning for an accurate diagnosis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 839-841

  Kara, Murat ^a,b   Dikmen, Erkan ^a   Kara, Simay Altan ^a   Atasoy, Pnar ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Esenlik Sokak 7/10 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elastofibroma; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROELASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

FEMALE; FIBROMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 0036842884     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00475-X     Document Type: Article

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