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Thymoma of the Middle Mediastinum
Thymoma is a common anterior mediastinal mass, although thymomas have occasionally been found in the neck, pulmonary hillus, or posterior mediastinum. But a thymoma within the middle mediastinum has rarely been reported. We report a thymoma arising in the middle mediastinum with a review of the literature.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2233-601X,2093-6516
DOI: 10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.4.267