Right paratracheal air cysts in the thoracic inlet: Clinical and radiologic significance

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Goo, Jin Mo ^a   Im, Jung Gi ^a   Ahn, Joong Mo ^b   Moon, Woo Kyung ^a   Chung, Jin Wook ^a   Park, Jae Hyung ^a   Seo, Joon Beom ^a   Han, Man Chung ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATRACHEAL AIR CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; TRACHEA TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0141741036     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.1.10397101     Document Type: Article

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