A diagnostic dilemma of right lower lobe collapse caused by pulmonary bilharsiasis

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-52

  Sersar, Sameh Ibrahim ^a   Albumaaty, Reda Ahmed ^a   Elnahas, Hala Ahmed ^a   Mousa, Sherif Abdou ^a   Shiha, Usama A ^a   Abdel Ghafar, Wael A ^a   Elmotawaly, Raed A ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bilharsiasis; Right lower lobe collapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; EGG; HEMOPTYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOBECTOMY; LUNG COLLAPSE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644826517     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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