Pathologic quiz case: A 39-year-old man with diffuse pleural thickening and massive hemothorax

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1299-1300

  Chen, Lugen ^a   Shih, Henry J ^a   Seguerra Jr , Eliezer ^a   Lin, Jen H ^b  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECORTICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPITHELIOID ANGIOSARCOMA; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; RADICULOPATHY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7444268901     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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