Intrapulmonary glomus tumor in a young woman

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1191-1193

  De Cocker, Jeroen ^a   Messaoudi, Nouredin ^a   Waelput, Wim ^a   Van Schil, Paul E Y ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benign lesions; Glomus tumor; Immunochemistry; Lobectomy; Lung; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPULMONARY GLOMUS TUMOR; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349169250     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.172957     Document Type: Article

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