https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1856
The milky way
Submitted: March 21, 2021
Accepted: May 20, 2021
Published: July 21, 2021
Accepted: May 20, 2021
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Mediastinal masses may present with signs and symptoms due to either compression of mediastinal structures or systemic effects of the underlying disease. The present case highlights the advantages of interventional pulmonology in the diagnosis of lymphoma as a cause of chylothorax and superior vena cava syndrome.
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Daverio, Matteo, Mariaenrica Tine’, and Paolo Spagnolo. 2021. “The Milky Way”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 91 (4). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1856.
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