Embolisation of hydatid cysts in the pulmonary artery presenting with haemoptysis

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 109-111

  Aribas, Olgun K ^a   Kanat, F ^a   Turk Aribas, E ^a   Erayman, I ^a   Yuksek, T ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hydatid disease; Pneumonectomy; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG CYST; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 33947691612     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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