Emergency dilation by self-expandable tracheal stent for upper airway obstruction in a patient with a giant primary thyroid lymphoma

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-195

  Lee, Jandee ^a   Won, Je Hwan ^a   Kim, Hyo Cheol ^a   Soh, Euy Young ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR BIOPSY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; STENTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 59649122854     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0166     Document Type: Letter

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