Pericardial cysts in children: Surgical or conservative approach?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1263-1265

  Noyes, Blakeslee E ^a,b   Weber, Thomas ^a   Vogler, Carole ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SSM Cardinal Glennon Childrens Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediastinal mass; Pericardial cyst; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COUGHING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PERICARDIUM CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0041358827     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00285-9     Document Type: Article

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