The anterior mediastinum: Diseases;Il mediastino anteriore: Patologie

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 312-342

  Priola, A M ^a   Priola, S M ^a   Cardinale, L ^a   Cataldi, A ^a   Fava, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior mediastinum; Cysts; Germ cell tumours; Mesenchymal tumours; Neoplasm; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CORTICOTROPIN; INSULIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

BENIGN TUMOR; BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; ONCOLOGY; RETROSTERNAL GOITER; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CYST; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINITIS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; THYMUS GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33646231771     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-006-0032-5     Document Type: Review

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