Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with hypoglycemia associated with serum insulin-like growth factor II

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 713-714

  Hirai, Ayako ^a   Nakanishi, Ryoichi ^a  

^a Shin Kokura Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA TUMOR; PLEURECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33747789954     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.05.025     Document Type: Article

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