Two cases of small cell lung cancer presenting an unusual pattern of progression mimicking pleural mesothelioma

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-124

  Maeda, Yoshinobu ^a   Segawa, Yoshihiko ^a   Takigawa, Nagio ^a   Takata, Ichiro ^a   Fujimoto, Nobukazu ^a   Hotta, Katsuyuki ^a   Mandai, Koichi ^a   Eguchi, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignant pleural mesothelioma; Pleural involvement; Postmortem examination; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031861684     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02492860     Document Type: Article

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