Best cases from the AFIP: Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma

Radiographics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1511-1515

  Busch, James M ^a   Kruskal, Jonathan B ^a   Wu, Bryan ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesothelioma, 791.329; Peritoneum, neoplasms, 791.329

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036830982     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.226025125     Document Type: Article

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