Unique presentation of a giant mediastinal tumor as kyphosis: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Although posture distortion is a common problem in elderly patients, spinal deformity caused by a thymoma has not been previously reported. Thymomas are slowly growing tumors that predominantly cause respiratory symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of an 83-year-old woman wh...

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Autores principales: Spartalis, Eleftherios D, Karatzas, Theodore, Konofaos, Petros, Karagkiouzis, Grigorios, Kouraklis, Gregory, Tomos, Periklis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3348087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22475440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-99

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3348087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22475440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-99

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