Mediastinal fibrosis in a patient with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 336-338

  Bahler, Clinton ^a   Hammoud, Zane ^a   Sundaram, Chandru ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Indiana Cancer Pavilion   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediastinal fibrosis pathology; Mediastinal tumor; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; MEDIASTINUM FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; THORACOTOMY;

ADHESIONS; AORTA, THORACIC; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41849124174     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.166033     Document Type: Article

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