Clinical, pathological and thin-section CT features of persistent multiple ground-glass opacity nodules: Comparison with solitary ground-glass opacity nodule

Lung Cancer

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-178

  Kim, Tae Jung ^a   Goo, Jin Mo ^b   Lee, Kyung Won ^a   Park, Chang Min ^b   Lee, Hyun Ju ^b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical; Ground glass opacity; Multiple; Pathological; Thin section CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63149126246     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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