Cervical thymic remnants in children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1807-1813

  Statham, Melissa McCarty ^a   Mehta, Deepak ^b   Willging, J Paul ^a,c  

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

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Neck mass; Thymic cyst; Thymic remnant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; MALE; NECK TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS CYST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORISTOMA; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; NECK; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 55349128495     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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