Adenocarcinoma arising in anterior mediastinal mature cystic teratoma: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-351

  Sakurai, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Miyashita, Yoshihiro ^b   Oyama, Toshio ^b  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mature teratoma; Mediastinal tumor; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; TERATOMA; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43349096854     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3633-2     Document Type: Article

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