A rare cause of hemoptysis: Benign sugar (clear) cell tumor of the lung

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 652-654

  Santana, Alfredo N C ^a,b   Nunes, Flávia S ^a   Ho, Nelson ^a   Takagaki, Teresa Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clear cell tumor; Contrast enhanced computed tomography; Hemoptysis; Solitary pulmonary nodule; Sugar cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642315352     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.01.022     Document Type: Article

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