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Cystic Mediastinal Masses in Children

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Mediastinal cysts are rare pathologies in pediatric age that can have different nature: congenital, infectious, or neoplastic. The symptoms can be quite varied, and the radiological investigation plays a very decisive role in the surgical indication.

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  1. Pediatric Airway Team, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Genoa, Genoa, Italy

    Michele Torre & Vittorio Guerriero

  2. Pediatric Surgery, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Genoa, University of Genoa, DINOGMI, Genoa, Italy

    Federico Palo

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy

    Girolamo Mattioli

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    Paolo Petralia

  3. Unit of Pediatric Thoracic and Airway Surgery, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslin, Genova, Italy

    Michele Torre

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Torre, M., Palo, F., Guerriero, V. (2021). Cystic Mediastinal Masses in Children. In: Mattioli, G., Petralia, P., Torre, M. (eds) Pediatric Thoracic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74668-1_15

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