Cervical thoracic duct cysts: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 581-583

  Brauchle, Randall W ^a   Risin, Seymon A ^a   Ghorbani, Rhonda P ^a   Pereira, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL THORACIC DUCT CYST; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; THORACIC DUCT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037954217     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.5.581     Document Type: Article

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