Gorham's syndrome: A usually fatal cause of pleural effusion treated successfully with radiotherapy

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1275-1276

  McNeil, K D ^a   Fong, K M ^c   Walker, Q J ^b   Jessup, P ^a   Zimmerman, P V ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Queensland Radium Institute   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gorham's syndrome; pleural effusion; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0029829361     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.12.1275     Document Type: Article

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