Lifesaving surgery for a ruptured invasive thymoma using the hemi-clamshell approach: a case report
Abstract Background Among anterior mediastinal tumors, a teratoma is known to rupture with growth, but there have been few previous reports about thymoma rupture. We here report a rare case of an invasive thymoma with intrapulmonary and intrathoracic rupture requiring emergency life-saving surgery....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Japan Surgical Society
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Surgical Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-019-0594-9 |
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