A rare case of large mediastinal germ cell tumor detected by echocardiography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-161

  Karas, Spilios M ^a   Parissis, John T ^a   Antoniades, Charalambos ^a   Loulias, Achilleas ^b  

^a AMALIA FLEMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Mediastinal tumor; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 18144407205     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.01.044     Document Type: Article

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