Correlations of thin-section computed tomographic, histopathological, and clinical findings of adenocarcinoma with a bubblelike appearance

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 413-417

  Kojima, Yoko ^a   Saito, Haruhiro ^a   Sakuma, Yuji ^a   Kondo, Tetsuro ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuboi, Masahiro ^a   Oshita, Fumihiro ^a   Nakayama, Haruhiko ^a   Yokose, Tomoyuki ^a   Kameda, Yoichi ^a   Noda, Kazumasa ^a   Yamada, Kouzo ^a  

^a KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air bronchogram; Bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma (BAC); Bubblelike appearance (BLA); Collapse; Ground glass opacity (GGO); Lung adenocarcinoma; Thin section CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; OPACITY;

AIR BRONCHOGRAM; BRONCHIOLOALVEOLAR CELL CARCINOMA; BUBBLELIKE APPEARANCE; CELL CARCINOMA; COLLAPSE; GROUND-GLASS OPACITY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; THIN-SECTION CT; THIN-SECTIONS;

GLASS;

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; K RAS PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BUBBLELIKE APPEARANCE ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77953003141     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181d275b6     Document Type: Review

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