Mesenchymal tumours of the thorax: CT findings and pathological features

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 934-944

  Lee, K H ^a   Song, K S ^b   Kwon, Y ^b   Lee, I ^b   Lee, J S ^b   Lim, T H ^b  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mesenchymal tumours; Soft tissue neoplasms; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BONE; CARTILAGE; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FIBROMATOSIS; FIBROSARCOMA; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LUNG; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MEDIASTINUM; MESENCHYME; MULTIPLE CANCER; MUSCLE; NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; THORAX TUMOR; THORAX WALL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VASCULAR TUMOR; VESSEL;

EID: 0347504475     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(03)00292-7     Document Type: Review

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