Proteus syndrome. High-resolution CT and CT pulmonary densitovolumetry findings

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-48

  Irion, Klaus L ^a,b,f   Hocchegger, Bruno ^c,d   Marchiori, Edson ^c,d   Holemans, John A ^a,b   Smith, Rupert A ^e   Raja, Ramesh C ^e   Singanayagam, Selvadurai ^e  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest; High resolution computed tomography; Proteus syndrome; Quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CYST; LUNG VOLUME; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PROTEUS SYNDROME; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62649094474     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31818b20cd     Document Type: Article

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