Atypical Presentation of an Atypical Carcinoid

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2004-2006

  Van Brandt, Vanessa ^a   Heyman, Stijn ^a   Van Marck, Eric ^a   Hendriks, Jeroen ^a   Van Schil, Paul ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71649105981     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.124     Document Type: Article

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