Idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis presenting as mediastinal compression syndrome

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 268-271

  Patil, P L ^a   Salkar, H R ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Mediastinal fibrosis; Mediastinitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 21644447451     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.16303     Document Type: Article

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