Computed tomography and the idiopathic form of proliferative fibrosing mediastinitis

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-240

  Worrell, John A ^a   Donnelly, Edwin F ^a   Martin, Jason B ^a   Bastarache, Julie A ^a   Loyd, James E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fibrosing mediastinitis; Mediastinal disease; Mediastinitis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM MASS; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548202808     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000213589.29472.18     Document Type: Review

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