Malignant transformation of an anterior mediastinal dermoid cyst in an HIV patient

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Thatigotla, Bala ^a   Vattipally, Vikram ^a   Khaneja, Satish C ^a   Cosgrove, John M ^a  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; ILIAC BONE; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEPSIS; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DERMOID CYST; FATAL OUTCOME; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78651406196     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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