Primary Synovial Sarcoma of the Chest: Radiographic and Clinicopathologic Correlation

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-93

  Duran Mendicuti, Alejandra ^a   Costello, Philip ^a   Vargas, Sara O ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest; Chest wall; CT; Lung; MR; Pleura; Primary synovial sarcoma; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION X; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142026941     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200304000-00006     Document Type: Article

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