Frozen section diagnoses of small pulmonary nodules: Accuracy and clinical implications

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1755-1759

  Marchevsky, Alberto M ^a   Changsri, Chanikarn ^a   Gupta, Indu ^a   Fuller, Clark ^a   Houck, Ward ^a   McKenna Jr , Robert J ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOID; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 19644365444     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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