Opacified Hemithorax with Ipsilateral Mediastinal Shift after Transthoracic Needle Biopsy

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2391-2392

  Barker, John M ^b   Sahn, Steven A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD CLOT; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0346993415     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.6.2391     Document Type: Article

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