The "sugar" clear cell tumor of the lung-clinical presentation and diagnostic difficulties of an unusual lung tumor in youth

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Gora Gebka, Magdalena ^a   Liberek, Anna ^a   Bako, Wanda ^a   Szumera, Malgorzata ^a   Korzon, Maria ^a   Jaskiewicz, Kazimierz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Lung tumor; Sugar clear cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; BETA GLOBULIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CHLORDANE; CYTOKERATIN; GLYCOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RARE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744905793     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.02.035     Document Type: Article

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