Pulmonary angiosarcoma presenting as spontaneous recurrent hemothorax

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-85

  Campione, Andrea ^a   Forte, Giuseppe ^a   Luzzi, Luca ^a   Comino, Alberto ^a   Gorla, Alberto ^a   Terzi, Alberto ^a  

^a Hospital of Cuneo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemangiosarcoma; Hemothorax; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG ANGIOSARCOMA; LUNG SARCOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMATOTHORAX; LUNG TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69449099166     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492309102544     Document Type: Article

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