Thin-walled cysts as a pathognomonic CT finding in cystic mesothelioma

Tumori

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-18

  Sugarbaker, Paul H ^a   Yan, Tristan ^a   Zappa, Luis ^a   Haveric, Namik ^b   Brun, Erwin ^b  

^a WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic mesothelioma; Cytoreductive surgery; Intraperitoneal chemotherapy; Mesothelioma; Radiologic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MESOTHELIOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE;

EID: 41749100328     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400104     Document Type: Article

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