"Air-bubble" signs in the CT diagnosis of perforated pulmonary hydatid cyst: Three case reports

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-364

  Zeyrek, D ^a   Savas, R ^a   Gulen, F ^a   Demir, E ^a   Tanac, R ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Echinococcosis, pulmonary; Pulmonary hydatid cysts

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46749086603     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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