Deciduoid pleural mesothelioma affecting a young female without prior asbestos exposure

Respiration

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 456-458

  Gloeckner Hofmann, Katharina ^a   Zhu, Xiong Zeng ^a   Bartels, Heinrich ^b   Feller, Alfred C ^a   Merz, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b Städtisches Krankhs Süd ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Asbestos; Deciduoid mesothelioma; Pleural mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; VINDESINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0033839640     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029549     Document Type: Article

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