Computed tomography features in malignant pleural mesothelioma and other commonly seen pleural diseases

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Metintas, Muzaffer ^a,c   Ucgun, Irfan ^a   Elbek, Osman ^a   Erginel, Sinan ^a   Metintas, Selma ^a   Kolsuz, Mustafa ^a   Harmanci, Emel ^a   Alatas, Fusun ^a   Hillerdal, Gunnar ^b   Ozkan, Ragip ^a   Kaya, Tamer ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asbestos related pleural lesions; Computed tomography; Mesothelioma; Pleura

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DIAPHRAGMS; PULMONARY DISEASES; TUMORS;

MALIGNANT DISEASE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ASBESTOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; MESOTHELIOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 0036134142     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(01)00426-0     Document Type: Article

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