A clear cell tumor of the lung presenting as a rapidly growing coin lesion: Is it really a benign tumor?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 588-591

  Kalkanis, Alexandros ^a,b   Trianti, Myrto ^a,b   Psathakis, Kostas ^a,b   Mermigkis, Charalampos ^a,b   Kalkanis, Dimitrios ^a,b   Karagkiouzis, Grigorios ^a,b   Razou, Anna ^a,b   Tsintiris, Kostas ^a,b  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPREOTIDE TC 99M;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASMS; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE;

EID: 78751661397     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.07.043     Document Type: Article

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