The solitary pulmonary nodule: Radiologic considerations

Seminars in Ultrasound CT and MRI

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-115

  Shaham, Dorith ^a,b   Guralnik, Ludmila ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ATELECTASIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EMBOLISM; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG NODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0034037105     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2171(00)90017-9     Document Type: Article

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