Bilateral thoracotomy for removal of uncommon postmediastinal multi-schwannomas

Thoracic Cancer

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 130-132

  Lv, Xia Yi ^a   Luo, Wen Zong ^a   Wang, Yong Qing ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Tu, Zheng Liang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bilateral thoracotomy; Posterior mediastinum; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POSTMEDIASTINAL SCHWANNOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 80052363882     PISSN: 17597706     EISSN: 17597714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-7714.2010.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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