Pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma with thyroid metastases

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 304-307

  D'Andrea, Nadia ^a   Romano, V ^b   Mattioli, F ^b   Candia, S ^b   Montanari, A ^a   Guidi, L ^a   Carvalho, M ^a   Sanguinetti, C M ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leiomyosarcoma; Pulmonary artery; Thromboembolism; Thyroid metastases

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR; VASCULAR TUMOR;

AUTOPSY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2942519330     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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