Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the mediastinum presenting as superior vena cava syndrome

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 870-872

  Yamaguchi, Masafumi ^a   Yoshino, Ichiro ^a   Osoegawa, Atsushi ^a   Kameyama, Toshifumi ^a   Tagawa, Tetsuzo ^a   Fukuyama, Seiichi ^a   Oda, Yoshinao ^a   Tsuneyoshi, Masazumi ^a   Maehara, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MYOFIBROBLAST; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0141853820     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00611-1     Document Type: Article

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