Cystic thymoma in a child: A rare case and review of the literature

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1015-1017

  Honda, S ^a   Morikawa, T ^a   Sasaki, F ^a   Okada, T ^a   Naito, S ^a   Itoh, T ^b   Kubota, K ^b   Todo, S ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Cystic thymoma; Thoracoscopy; Thymic cyst

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL POPULATION; CYST; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548766142     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-1988-5     Document Type: Article

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