Mediastinal teratoma with pulmonary involvement presenting as massive hemoptysis in 2 patients

Respiratory Care

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1094-1096

  Chen, Robert Fu Chean ^a   Chang, Tzung Hao ^a   Chang, Chi Chu ^a   Lee, Chun Nin ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hemoptysis; Mediastinal teratoma with airway communication; Trichoptysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CONGESTION; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TERATOMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; BRONCHUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; BRONCHI; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TERATOMA;

EID: 77956634784     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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