Thymoma presenting as a middle mediastinal mass.
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Thymoma presenting as a middle mediastinal mass.
A case of a middle mediastinal mass which proved to be a thymoma is presented. The diagnostic difficulties that middle mediastinal masses produce and the investigations used to delineate them are discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.60.707.611