Micronodular Thymoma with Lymphoid Stroma: A Mediastinal Mass Masquerading as a Pericardial Mass
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.516 | Journal eISSN: 1947-6108
Language: English
Page range: 18 - 23
Submitted on: Apr 16, 2021
Accepted on: May 26, 2021
Published on: Oct 19, 2021
Published by: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
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