Successful resection of a giant primary liposarcoma of the posterior mediastinum

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-455

  Marulli, Giuseppe ^a   Rea, Federico ^a   Feltracco, Paolo ^a   Calabrese, Fiorella ^a   Giacometti, Cinzia ^a   Rizzardi, Giovanna ^a   Vincenzo, Luigi ^b   Sartori, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Division of Respiratory Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liposarcoma; Mediastinum; Recurrent liposarcoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOSARCOMA; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REOPERATION; THORACOTOMY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIPOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REOPERATION; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249862176     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JTO.0000268681.10367.cf     Document Type: Article

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