Diffuse tumor microembolism: A rare cause of a high-probability perfusion scan

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Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1122-1125

  Moores, Lisa K ^a   Burrell, Linda M ^b   Morse, Robert W ^b   Belgmce, Clyde H ^b   Balingit, Antonio C ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cor pulmonale; perfusion; thromboembolism; tumor embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

EID: 0030951841     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.4.1122     Document Type: Article

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