A rare case of dysphagia and palpitation caused by the compression exerted by an enormous mediastinal lipoma;Um caso raro de disfagia e palpitaçãoes causadas pela compress ão exercida por um lipoma mediastínico de grandes dimens ões

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-152

  Chen, C H ^a,b,c   Chang, H ^b   Tseng, P Y ^b   Hung, T T ^a,d   Wu, H H ^c  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c Taitung Mackay Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Pathology; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEART PALPITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIPOMA; LIVER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MEDIASTINUM LIPOMA; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA CAVITY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84862824253     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rppneu.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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