CT characteristics of lung nodules present at diagnosis of extrapulmonary malignancy in children

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 772-778

  Silva, Cicero Torres ^a,b   Amaral, Joao Guilherme ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^a   Doda, Wendy ^a   Babyn, Paul S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Lung biopsy; Lung nodules; Oncologic imaging; Pediatric imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; INFANT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749298695     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2490     Document Type: Article

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