Broncholithiasis: Review of the causes with radiologic-pathologic correlation

Radiographics

Volumn 22, Issue SPEC. ISS, 2002, Pages

  Seo, Beom Joon ^a   Song, Koun Sik ^a   Jin, Seong Lee ^a   Jin, Mo Goo ^b,c   Hyae, Young Kim ^d   Song, Jae Woo ^b   In, Sun Lee ^a   Lim, Tae Hwan ^a  

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

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bronchi, stenosis or obstruction, 671.749; Foreign bodies, in air and food passages, 60.811; Lung, collapse, 60.749; Lymphatic system, calcification, 996.816

Indexed keywords

BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INHALATION; LYMPH NODE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STONE FORMATION;

BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INHALATION; LITHIASIS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 11244326083     PISSN: 15271323     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.22.suppl_1.g02oc07s199     Document Type: Article

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