Subtle pleural metastasis without large effusion in lung cancer patients: Preoperative detection on CT

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 94-101

  Jung, Hwa Hwang ^a   Song, Koun Sik ^b   Park, Seung Il ^b   Lim, Tae Hwan ^b   Kui, Hyang Kwon ^a   Dong, Erk Goo ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Neoplasm computed tomography (CT); Pleura

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA METASTASIS; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 21244506766     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2005.6.2.94     Document Type: Review

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