Pyopneumopericardium and empyema thoracis from perforated oesophageal cancer.

نویسندگان

  • Nitinan Chimparlee
  • Monravee Tumkosit
  • Kittichai Luengtaviboon
  • Pairoj Chattranukulchai
چکیده

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Cardiac Center, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMJ case reports

دوره 2013  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013