Fibrosing mediastinitis as a cause of superior vena cava syndrome

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 453-455

  Bays, Simon ^a   Rajakaruna, Chanaka ^a   Sheffield, Ed ^a   Morgan, Anthony ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibrosing mediastinitis; Superior vena cava syndrome; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; TISSUE SECTION; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3543094417     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.03.025     Document Type: Article

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