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Giant mediastinal mass: one-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
A 45-year old man with intermittent dyspnea was found to have a large mediastinal mass on chest radiograph. Computerized tomography scan revealed a 14.7 cm anterior mediastinal mass with cystic and solid components. The patient underwent a thoracoscopic resection of the mass without complication. Te...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29308183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx178 |
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author | Hughes, Byron D Okereke, Ikenna C |
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description | A 45-year old man with intermittent dyspnea was found to have a large mediastinal mass on chest radiograph. Computerized tomography scan revealed a 14.7 cm anterior mediastinal mass with cystic and solid components. The patient underwent a thoracoscopic resection of the mass without complication. Techniques utilized during this surgery may be helpful in avoiding pitfalls for other surgeons. |
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spelling | pubmed-57510282018-01-05 Giant mediastinal mass: one-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery Hughes, Byron D Okereke, Ikenna C J Surg Case Rep Case Report A 45-year old man with intermittent dyspnea was found to have a large mediastinal mass on chest radiograph. Computerized tomography scan revealed a 14.7 cm anterior mediastinal mass with cystic and solid components. The patient underwent a thoracoscopic resection of the mass without complication. Techniques utilized during this surgery may be helpful in avoiding pitfalls for other surgeons. Oxford University Press 2017-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5751028/ /pubmed/29308183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx178 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2017. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Case Report Hughes, Byron D Okereke, Ikenna C Giant mediastinal mass: one-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery |
title | Giant mediastinal mass: one-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery |
title_full | Giant mediastinal mass: one-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery |
title_fullStr | Giant mediastinal mass: one-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery |
title_full_unstemmed | Giant mediastinal mass: one-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery |
title_short | Giant mediastinal mass: one-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery |
title_sort | giant mediastinal mass: one-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29308183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx178 |
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