Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor of pleura: A report of three cases of a newly described entity involving the pleura

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-194

  Pinkard, Nanette B ^a   Wilson, Reginald W ^b   Lawless, Nancy ^b   Dodd, Leslie G ^c   McAdams, H Page ^c   Koss, Michael N ^d   Travis, William D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Fibrosis; Hyalinization; Pleura; Psammomatous calcification; Pseudotumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PLEURA TUMOR; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMA BODY; PSEUDOTUMOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030043648     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/105.2.189     Document Type: Article

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