Computed tomography findings in 66 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma due to environmental exposure to asbestos

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-180

  Ökten, Fethiye ^a   Köksal, Deniz ^a   Önal, Mine ^a   Özcan, Ayşenaz ^a   Şimşek, Cebrail ^a   Ertürk, Hakan ^a  

^a Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Environmental asbestos exposure; Malignant pleural mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASBESTOS EXPOSURE; INTERLOBAR FISSURES; MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA (MPM); MEDIASTINAL PLEURA;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA THICKENING; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDIASTINUM; MESOTHELIOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746056925     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2005.12.027     Document Type: Article

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