Retained sponge after thoracotomy that mimicked aspergilloma

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1535-1536

  Nomori, Hiroaki ^a   Horio, Hirotoshi ^a   Hasegawa, Tokio ^a   Naruke, Tsuguo ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0029933416     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01163-3     Document Type: Article

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