A rupture of a huge thymic cyst into the pleural cavity: A case report

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1858-1860

  Lachanas, E ^a   Konofaos, P ^a   Birba, G ^b   Tomos, P ^a  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pleural effusion; Rupture; Thymic cyst; VATS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST RUPTURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; THYMUS CYST; VIDEORECORDING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL CAVITY; PLEURAL DISEASES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747841226     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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