An unusual case of a mediastinal mass in a cadaver

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-153

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Salter, E George ^a   Sheetz, Jim ^a   Zehren, Steven ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Heart; Pathology; Surgery; Vein

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN ANEURYSM;

AGED; ANEURYSM; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 33644553518     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20174     Document Type: Article

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