A young male with history of alcohol abuse with opacified left hemithorax and massive hemoptysis

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1261-1266

  Ali, Hakim Azfar ^a   Lippmann, Michael ^a   Mundathaje, Uday ^a   Khaleeq, Ghulam ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 43649083247     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2128     Document Type: Article

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