Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm: Report a case and review of the literature;Aneurisma idiopático de la arteria pulmonar. Presentación de un caso y revision de la literatura

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 329-331

  De Tomas Labat M E ^a   Beltrán Beltrán, Silvestre ^b,d   Molina Naveros, S ^a   Navarro Botella, F ^a   Alvarez Soto D ^a   Perez Moro E ^a   Aldamiz Echevarria Castillo G ^c  

^a Hospital de Hellin   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas   (Spain)

^c Division of Internal Medicine   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Idiopathic aneurysm; Pulmonary artery aneurysm; Pulmonary artery pathologic dilatation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 26844547949     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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