Posterior mediastinal liposarcoma simulating a lung mass: An unusual case report

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-144

  Raghavan, Radha ^a,b   Raghuram, P ^a   Parekh, Preeti V ^a   Kurien, Joe Mathew ^a  

^a KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Liposarcoma; Mediastinal; Myxoid

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPOSARCOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIPOSARCOMA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35649008842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2007.0021     Document Type: Article

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