Lung adenocarcinoma, mixed subtype: Histopathologic basis for high-resolution computed tomography findings

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-81

  Terasaki, Hiroshi ^a,b   Kato, Seiya ^d   Matsuno, Yoshihiro ^e,g   Kusumoto, Masahiko ^f   Niki, Toshiro ^h   Hayashi, Akihiro ^c   Terasaki, Kinuyo ^b   Hayabuchi, Naofumi ^b  

^a Social Insurance Kurume Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Shin Koga Hospital   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^e Clinical Laboratory Division   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bronchioloalveolar carcinoma; high resolution computed tomography; invasive area; lung adenocarcinoma; mixed subtype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PLEURA METASTASIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79551507217     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181c65a51     Document Type: Article

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