Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery confirmed by catheter suction biopsy

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 555-556

  Yamada, Norikazu ^a   Kamei, Shigeru ^a   Yasuda, Fuyuhiko ^a   Isaka, Naoki ^a   Yada, Isao ^a   Nakano, Takeshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter suction biopsy; Leiomyosarcoma; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0031936280     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.2.555     Document Type: Article

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