Pulmonary blastoma: Presentation of two atypical cases and review of the literature

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 929, 2005, Pages 437-440

  Walker, R I ^a   Suvarna, K ^a   Matthews, S ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BLASTOMA; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; LUNG TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY BLASTOMA; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20544433719     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/45172814     Document Type: Article

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