A cavitary pulmonary lesion in a 28-year-old man

Respiration

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-319

  Kalomenidis, Ioannis ^a,b   Malagari, Katerina ^a   Margaritis, Georgia ^a   Lignos, Michalis ^a   Psaroudaki, Zoi ^a   Roussos, Charis ^a   Papiris, Spyros ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cavity; Computed tomography; Echinococcus; Pulmonary hydated cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYST RUPTURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CYST; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG CYST; LUNG INJURY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0042072731     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072018     Document Type: Article

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