Massive lymphatic malformations of the head, neck, and chest

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-173

  Greinwald Jr , John ^a,b   Cohen, Aliza P ^a,b   Hemanackah, Selena ^a,b   Azizkhan, Richard G ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway compromise; Cervicofacial lesions; Massive lymphatic malformations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECK; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STOMACH TUBE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; METHOTREXATE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49149121277     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2008.0032     Document Type: Review

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