Mature teratoma within the posterior mediastinum

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-55

  Sinclair, Daniel S ^a,b   Bolen, Michael A ^a   King, Mark A ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b S 211 Rhodes Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell neoplasm; Mediastinum; Neoplasms; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERATOMA; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037241932     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200301000-00010     Document Type: Article

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