Spontaneous pneumomediastinum and hemopneumothoraces secondary to cystic lung metastasis

Respiration

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-213

  Park, Sung Il ^a   Choi, Eugene ^a   Lee, Heung Bum ^a   Rhee, Yang Keun ^a   Chung, Myoung Ja ^a   Lee, Yong Chul ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Cystic lung metastases; Hemopneumothorax; Pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMATOPNEUMOTHORAX; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CYST; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX EXAMINATION; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038585193     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070071     Document Type: Article

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