Massive immature mediastinal teratoma extending into the left pleural cavity

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-47

  McLeod, Nicholas P ^a   Vallely, Michael P ^a   Mathur, Manu N ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mediastinal disease; Mediastinal tumor

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM CYST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; THYMUS;

EID: 21244502201     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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