Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis presented with recurrent pneumothorax

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 512-513

  Chi, Kyung Kim ^a   Chan, Beom Park ^a,b   Jin, Ung ^a   Eun, Joo Seo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b St Paul's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Histiocytosis; Pleura; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 33746687919     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.125765     Document Type: Article

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