Imaging features of lymphangioleiomyomatosis: Diagnostic pitfalls

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 982-986

  Avila, Nilo A ^a,b   Dwyer, Andrew J ^b   Moss, Joel ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung disease; Lymphangioleiomyoma; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; Pleurodesis; Renal angiomyolipoma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMORRHAGIC ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; PLEURA TUMOR; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUPTURE; APPENDICITIS; KIDNEY TUMOR; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; PLEURODESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 79957798043     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4185     Document Type: Review

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