Linear pulmonary opacities in an asymptomatic patient

Respiration

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 705-707

  Biega, Timothy J ^a   Lettieri, Christopher J ^b,c   Levy, Lucien M ^a   Venbrux, Anthony C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear pulmonary opacities; Polymethylmethacrylate cement; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749268343     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092955     Document Type: Article

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