Spontaneous pneumothorax following chemotherapy for metastatic germ cell tumor: A case report

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-117

  Loutfi, Rania ^a   Kattan, Joseph ^a,b   Kikano, Toufic ^b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b Saint Joseph Hospital Beirut   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MALE; METASTASIS; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18744396064     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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