Mediastinal thymolipoma: An analysis of 10 cases

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 924-927

  Damadoglu, Ebru ^a   Salturk, Cuneyt ^a   Takir, Huriye Berk ^a   Ertugrul, Muyesser ^a   Yilmaz, Aynur ^a   Atasalihi, Ali ^a   Yilmaz, Adnan ^a,b  

^a Sureyyapasa Thoracic and Cardiovascular Diseases Teaching and Investigation Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mediastinum; Myasthenia gravis; Thymectomy; Thymolipoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM THYMOLIPOMA; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35948943946     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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