Pulmonary benign metastasising leiomyomas presenting as fluid-containing masses on CT in a patient with two unrelated malignancies

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 931, 2005, Pages 639-641

  Osadchy, A ^a,b   Zehavi, T ^a,b   Zissin, R ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG CYST; LUNG METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21644440864     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/33935946     Document Type: Article

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