Dyspnea with slow-growing mass of the left hemithorax

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 904-908

  Patel, Neelam ^a   Bishay, Ayman ^a   Bakry, Mohammed ^b   George, Liziamma ^a   Saleh, Anthony ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b St John's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

CD34; Intrathoracic mass; Pleural tumor; Solitary fibrous tumor

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CD34 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FIBROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PLEURA TUMOR; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33947384576     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-0485     Document Type: Article

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