Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 223-225 , May 2007

Atypical mediastinal lipomatosis

  • Saurabh S. Dhawan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Saurabh Dhawan, MD, 842 Jefferson Avenue, Suite A601, Memphis, TN 38103.
    • ,
  • Rami Khouzam, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.

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PII: S0147-9563(06)00236-6

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.08.010

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 223-225 , May 2007

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