Fibrosing mediastinitis with superior vena cava obstruction as the initial presentation of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis in a young child

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 485-488

  Trusen, Andreas ^a   Beissert, Matthias ^a   Hebestreit, Helge ^a   Marx, Alexander ^a   Darge, Kassa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibrosing mediastinitis; Head; Langerhans' cell histiocytosis; Mediastinum; Skull; Superior vena cava obstruction; Thorax

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STEROID THERAPY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037965106     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-0929-2     Document Type: Article

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