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Benign giant mediastinal schwannoma presenting as cardiac tamponade in a woman: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Mediastinal schwannomas are typically benign and asymptomatic, and generally present no immediate risks. We encountered a rare case of a giant benign posterior mediastinal schwannoma, complicated by life-threatening cardiac tamponade. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 72-year-...

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Autores principales: Kato, Motoyasu, Shiota, Satomi, Shiga, Kazuo, Takagi, Haruhi, Mori, Hiroaki, Sekiya, Mitsuaki, Suzuki, Kenji, Uekusa, Toshimasa, Takahashi, Kazuhisa
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3050829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21320327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-61