Chylothorax due to retrosternal goiter;Chylothorax secondaire à un goitre retrosternal

Journal de Chirurgie

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-325

  Blawat, P ^a,b   Kowalewski, J ^a,b   Dancewicz, M ^a,b   Bella, M ^a,b  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Centre d'Oncologie du Professeur F Lukaszczyk   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; RETROSTERNAL GOITER;

AGED; CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; GOITER, SUBSTERNAL; HUMANS;

EID: 70449717545     PISSN: 00217697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchir.2009.06.005     Document Type: Letter

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