Clear cell "sugar"tumor of the lung: A well-enhanced mass with an early washout pattern on dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1121-1124

  Kim, Woong Ji ^a   Kim, So Ri ^a   Choe, Yeong Hun ^a   Lee, Ka Young ^a   Park, Seoung Ju ^a   Lee, Heung Bum ^a   Chung, Myoung Ja ^a   Jin, Gong Yong ^a   Lee, Yong Chul ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clear cell tumor; Dynamic contrast enhanced CT; Lung; Sugar tumor; Washout pattern

Indexed keywords

MELANOMA SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASM; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASMS; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60549098309     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2008.23.6.1121     Document Type: Article

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