Pulmonary tumor embolism presenting as infarcts on computed tomography

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-137

  Kim, Andrew E ^a   Haramati, Linda B ^a   Janus, Denise ^a   Borczuk, Alain ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism; Infarction; Lung; Lung neoplasms; Pulmonary; Secondary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG TUMOR; PULMONARY ARTERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

EID: 0033042456     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-199904000-00014     Document Type: Article

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