Pulmonary blastoma: Report of two cases

Surgery Today

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 438-442

  Bini, Alessandro ^a   Ansaloni, Luca ^a   Grani, Giorgio ^a   Grazia, Manuele ^a   Pagani, Daniela ^a   Stella, Franco ^a   Bazzocchi, Ruggero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Lung neoplasm; Pulmonary blastoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG BLASTOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY BLASTOMA; SMOKING;

EID: 0035036977     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950170136     Document Type: Article

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