Fatal hemophagocytic syndrome as initial manifestation of a mediastinal germ cell tumor

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-249

  Urban, Christian ^a,b   Lackner, Herwig ^a   Schwinger, Wolfgang ^a   Beham Schmid, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Kinder und Jugendheilkunde Graz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Mediastinal germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEPREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SYNDROME; TERATOMA;

EID: 0037399402     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10127     Document Type: Article

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