Surgically treated pneumothorax: Radiologic and pathologic findings

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 280-285

  Jordan, Kirk G ^a   Kwong, J Stephen ^a   Flint, Julia ^a   Müller, Nestor L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

computed tomography (CT); emphysema, pulmonary; pleura, diseases; utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BULLA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 0031019978     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.2.280     Document Type: Article

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