An unusual mediastinal mass
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Unusual cause of mediastinal mass.
Manchanda S, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-219852 Description A 35-year-old asymptomatic man presented for chest radiograph evaluation as a part of pre-employment medical examination. The radiograph revealed a large, dense homogenous mass with sharply defined margins and a broad base towards the mediastinum overlying the right hilum. There was also evidence of linear calcificat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1478-2715,2042-8189
DOI: 10.4997/jrcpe.2016.205