Suture and stapler granulomas: a word of caution

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 563-565

  Yüksel, Mustafa ^a   Akgül, Asli Gül ^a   Evman, Serdar ^a   Batirel, Hasan Fevzi ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Lung cancer; PET; Stapler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; MALE; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; STAPLER; SUTURE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUTURES;

EID: 33847251015     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.11.056     Document Type: Article

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