Fatal giant cell myocarditis after thymoma resection in myasthenia gravis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 494-495

  Joudinaud, Thomas M ^a   Fadel, Elie ^a   Thomas De Montpreville, Vincent ^a   Mussot, Sacha ^a   Flecher, Erwan M ^a   Dartevelle, Phillippe G ^a  

^a CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOCARDITIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; THYMUS SURGERY;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOCARDITIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31044441425     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.09.035     Document Type: Article

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