Superior Vena Cava Obstruction by Tumour Thrombus in Invasive Thymoma: Diagnosis and Surgical Management

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 462-464

  Konstantinov, Igor E ^a   Saxena, Pankaj ^a   Koniuszko, Miriam ^a   Ghosh, Soumya ^a   Low, Vincent H S ^a   Khor, Tze Sheng ^b   Naran, Anupam ^b   Newman, Mark A J ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Thymoma, Superior vena cava, Thrombus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; LETHARGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TUMOR THROMBUS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; THROMBECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 36049037944     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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