Lung Adenocarcinoma with Coexisting Pulmonary Cryptococcoma

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-25

  Kawasaki, Hidenori ^a   Ishikawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Kuniyoshi, Masayuki ^a   Ohta, Morio ^a   Kawabata, Tsutomu ^a   Hirayasu, Tsuneo ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization Okinawa National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indeterminate pulmonary nodule; Lung cancer; Pulmonary cryptococcoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CRYPTOCOCCOMA; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; METASTASIS; THORACOSCOPY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0842284166     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-004-0056-5     Document Type: Article

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