Pediatric thymomas: Report of two cases and comprehensive review of the literature

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 275-286

  Fonseca, Annabelle L ^a   Ozgediz, Doruk E ^a   Christison Lagay, Emily R ^a   Detterbeck, Frank C ^a   Caty, Michael G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediastinal tumor; Pediatric thymoma; Thoracic tumor; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC COUGH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; EXCISION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPER IGE SYNDROME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIECTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896706216     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-013-3438-x     Document Type: Article

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