Diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis: Imaging findings

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-34

  Yekeler, Ensar ^a   Dursun, Memduh ^a   Yildirim, Abdurrahman ^a   Tunaci, Mehtap ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lung; Lymphangioma; Tomography; Ultrasonography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE PULMONARY LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; MEDIASTINUM; PLEURA; RARE DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16244372665     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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