Mediastinal Tumors and Cysts in the Pediatric Population

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-61

  Wright, Cameron D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediastinal cyst; Mediastinal tumor; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; GANGLIONEUROMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG CYST; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM CYST; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NERVE TUMOR; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA; THYMOMA; THYMUS; THYMUS CYST; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ANESTHESIA; BRONCHOGENIC CYST; CHILD; CHORISTOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 58149522225     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2008.09.014     Document Type: Review

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