A case of dermoid cyst ruptured into the lung

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 931-933

  Yang, Chih Jen ^a   Cheng, Yu Jen ^a   Kang, Wang Yi ^a   Huang, Ming Shyan ^a   Hwang, Jhi Jhu ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dermoid cyst; Lung; Ruptured cystic teratoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35748972327     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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