Tumors of the mediastinum

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2893-2909

  Duwe, Beau V ^a   Sterman, Daniel H ^a   Musani, Ali I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchogenic; Cysts; Enterogenous; Germ cell tumor; Goiter; Lymphoma; Mediastinum; Neuroblastoma; Neurogenic tumor; Pericardial; Teratoma; Thymoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CARCINOID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; GANGLIONEUROMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; GOITER; HUMAN; LUNG CYST; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM CYST; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PERICARDIUM CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEMINOMA; SYMPTOM; TERATOMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; THYROID DISEASE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 27144547958     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2893     Document Type: Article

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