Placental Transmogrification of the Lung Presenting as Emphysema and a Lung Mass

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 615-616

  Shapiro, Mark ^a   Vidal, Claudia ^a   Lipskar, Aaron M ^a   Gil, Joan ^a   Litle, Virginia R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMPHYSEMA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LESION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PLACENTAL TRANSMOGRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MALE; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58249140195     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.05.076     Document Type: Article

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