Bilateral simultaneous inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung with distant metastatic spread

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 246-247

  Carillo, Carolina ^a   Anile, Marco ^a   de Giacomo, Tiziano ^a   Venuta, Federico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal metastases; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors; Lung nodule

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEDGE RESECTION;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79961008274     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2011.271932     Document Type: Article

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