Unavoidable Arterioplasty of the Pulmonary Main Trunk for Complete Resection of Mediastinal Paraganglima - A Case Report

Abbreviations

PET‐CT: positron emission tomography-computed tomography

AFT: alpha-fetoprotein

β‐HCG: β-human chorionic gonadotropin

CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen

SLX: sialyl Lewis^x-1

CA19-9: carbohydrate antigen 19-9

SCC: squamous cell carcinoma antigen

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