Symptomatic bronchogenic cyst in a six-month-old infant: case report and review of the literature.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Division of Pediatrics, Pneumology and Immunology, University Children's Hospital, Charité-Virchow Clinic, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Published: November 2001

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