Treatment of SVC syndrome and hemoptysis in a patient with mediastinal fibrosis

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 240-242

  Thomas, Bradley P ^a   Bream Jr , Peter R ^a   Milstone, Aaron P ^a   Meranze, Steven G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungus histoplasma; Hemoptysis; Mediastinitis; Radiology intervention; Superior vena cava obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRONCHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME;

EID: 33745998511     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-005-0442-z     Document Type: Article

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