Asymptomatic hydropneumothorax after therapeutic thoracentesis for malignant pleural effusions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 943-946

  Boland, Giles W ^a   Gazelle, G Scott ^a   Girard, Mark J ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBE;

EID: 0031898040     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.4.9530040     Document Type: Article

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