Traumatic hemothorax resulting from rupture of mediastinal teratoma: A case report

International Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-244

  Yang, Wei Ming ^a,b   Chen, Mei Ling ^a   Lin, Torng Sen ^a,b,c  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hemothorax; Mediastinal tumor; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RUPTURE; TERATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; TERATOMA;

EID: 33745595114     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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