Unusual presentation of rib exostosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 575-577

  Hajjar, Waseem M ^a   El Medany, Yasser M ^a   Essa, Mohamed A ^a   Rafay, Mohamad A ^a   Ashour, Mahmoud H ^a   Al Kattan, Khaled M ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXOSTOSIS; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RIB; RIB RESECTION; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DISEASE;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROMA; RIBS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037314670     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04326-6     Document Type: Article

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