Primary mediastinal malignant germ cell neoplasms: Imaging features

Chest Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 645-658

  Strollo, Diane C ^a   Rosado De Christenson, Melissa L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036856007     PISSN: 10523359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3359(02)00026-1     Document Type: Review

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