Ultrasound wall-sign in pulmonary echinococcosis (new application)

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 553-557

  El Fortia, M ^a   El Gatit, A ^b   Bendaoud, M ^c  

^a Misurata Teaching Hospital   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b Oman Al Mokhtar University   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c Service d'Endocrinologie   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Echinococcosis; Hydatid cyst; Pulmonary; Ultrasound; Wall sign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846140471     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-927232     Document Type: Article

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