Tracheal and main bronchial diverticula: The role of CT;Diverticoli della trachea e dei bronchi principali: Ruolo della TC e principali caratteristiche

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-189

  Polverosi, R ^a   Carloni, A ^b   Poletti, V ^c  

^a Ospedale S Bassiano   (Italy)

^b S MARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airways; Bronchi; CT; Diverticula; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS DIVERTICULUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRACHEA DIVERTICULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 43449083201     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-008-0249-6     Document Type: Article

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