Primary seminoma in the middle mediastinum

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1191-1193

  Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Toshio ^b   Kusama, Hiroshi ^a   Sudoh, Akihiko ^a   Adachi, Hideki ^a   Yagyu, Hisanaga ^a   Kishi, Koji ^a   Oh Ishi, Shuji ^a   Matsuoka, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extragonadal; Mediastinal seminoma; Middle mediastinum

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEMINOMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; SEMINOMA;

EID: 11344292108     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.1191     Document Type: Article

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