Mediastinal masses in children: Experience with 120 cases

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-147

  Gun, Feryal ^a   Erginel, Basak ^a   Nvar, Aysegul ^a   Kebudi, Rejin ^b   Salman, Tansu ^a   Çelik, Alaaddin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pediatric mediastinal masses

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BENIGN TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOMA; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857882370     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880018.2011.646385     Document Type: Article

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