Congenital Pulmonary Lymphangiectasia: CT and Pathologic Findings

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-59

  Nobre, Luiz Felipe ^a   Müller, Nestor L ^b,e   De Souza Jr , Arthur Soares ^c   Marchiori, Edson ^d   Souza, Irene Vieira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computed tomography lung; Lung diseases; Pulmonary lymphangiectasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRONCHOVASCULAR SHEATH; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL PULMONARY LYMPHANGIECTASIA; DYSPNEA; ECTASIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE ECTASIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; PLEURA; RETICULUM CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 1642453580     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200401000-00012     Document Type: Article

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