Nonsurgical therapy for pulmonary hydatid cyst disease

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1432-1436

  Mawhorter, Steven ^a,c   Temeck, Barbara ^a   Chang, Richard ^b   Pass, Harvey ^a   Nash, Theodore ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Cyst; Echinococcus granulosus; Hydatid; Percutaneous; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST FLUID; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HUMAN; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030663428     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.5.1432     Document Type: Article

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