Thymoma in a child: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 548-551

  Rothstein, David H ^a   Voss, Stephan D ^a   Isakoff, Michael ^b   Puder, Mark ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediastinal mass; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; DRAIN; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PERICARDIECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 25144520554     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1419-4     Document Type: Review

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