A case of thymoma protruding into the superior vena cava through the thymic vein

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1088-1090

  Terada, Yasuji ^a   Ono, Nobuhiro ^a   Noguchi, Tetsuo ^a   Kamakari, Kunihiko ^a   Kitano, Mitsuru ^a  

^a NAGAHAMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

13

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; BYPASS SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1442349049     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01172-X     Document Type: Article

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