Pulmonary infarcts can mimic pulmonary metastases from renal cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1688-1690

  Wagner, Joseph R ^a   Merino, Maria J ^a   Pass, Harvey I ^a   Linehan, W Marston ^a   Walther, McClellan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Neoplasm metastasis; Pulmonary disease; Renal cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030747162     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64096-5     Document Type: Article

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