Mediastinal malignant fibrous histiocytoma developing from a foreign body granuloma

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 583-586

  Nishida, Tatsuya ^a,c   Nishiyama, Noritoshi ^a   Kawata, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamamoto, Takatsugu ^a   Inoue, Kiyotoshi ^a   Suehiro, Shigefumi ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Ishikiriseiki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammation; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FIBROSIS; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HEART PALPITATION; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 27744582889     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-005-0074-y     Document Type: Article

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