Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lung: High-resolution CT and histopathologic findings in five cases

Lung Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-131

  Ishizumi, Taichiro ^a   Tateishi, Ukihide ^a   Watanabe, Shun ichi ^a   Matsuno, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

High resolution CT; Lung; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; MUCIN; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41149176629     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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