Anterior mediastinal teratoma presenting with pseudo-aneurysms of aorta.

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging

Department of Radiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Narayana Health, 258/A, Bommasandra Industrial area, Bommasandra, Bangalore 560099, India.

Published: February 2014

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