Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 79-84 , January 2007

Unusual scapular metastasis as initial manifestation of advanced nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of the mediastinum

  • Ming-Fang Cheng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Tapei, Taiwan
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  • Yi-Jen Peng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Tapei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Guo-Shu Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Tapei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chian-Her Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Orthopedic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Tapei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pei-Chun Chiang, RN

      Affiliations

    • Taipei City Hospital, Tapei, Taiwan.
    • ,
  • Herng-Sheng Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Tapei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Herng-Sheng Lee, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital 325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.05.008

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 79-84 , January 2007

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