Sequelae of Thorotrast.
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Coarctation of the aorta and other late sequelae of administration of thorium dioxide (thorotrast).
Coarctation of the aorta secondary to a cervicomediastinal thorotrastoma developed in a 30-year-old man 25 years after carotid arteriography. Other local manifestations of the thorotrastoma included occlusion of the left common carotid artery and partial occlusion of the left vertebral and left subelavian arteries, bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paresis, periesophageal adhesions, and multi...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1965
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5469.1062-d