Synovial sarcoma of the mediastinum: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 521-524

  Gotoh, Masashi ^a,b   Furukawa, Sachiho ^a   Motoishi, Makoto ^a   Fujimoto, Toshio ^a   Okazaki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Matsukura, Tadashi ^a   Hanawa, Takeshi ^a   Yamashita, Naoki ^a   Matsui, Teruo ^a   Kuwabara, Masayoshi ^a   Matsubara, Yoshito ^a  

^a KYOTO KATSURA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mediastinal synovial sarcoma; Mediastinum; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

IFOSFAMIDE; KERATIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; SPINDLE CELL; STAINING; STERNOTOMY; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942585214     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-004-2764-y     Document Type: Article

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