Primary lung epithelioid hemangio-endothelioma with multiple bilateral metachronous localizations: Case report and review

International Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 336-338

  Sortini, Andrea ^a,b   Santini, Mirco ^a   Carcoforo, Paolo ^a   Sortini, Davide ^a   Pozza, Enzo ^a   Donini, Ippolito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b DSBTA Division of General Surgery   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemangio endothelioma; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034305896     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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