EBUS-TBNA in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary artery sarcoma and thromboembolism

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1480-1482

  Park, J S ^a   Chung, J H ^a   Jheon, S ^a   Choi, D J ^a   Yoon, H I ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Lee, C T ^a   Lee, S W ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; VIMENTIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY SARCOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SARCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; SHOULDER PAIN; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; WARFARIN;

EID: 82555195184     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00043211     Document Type: Letter

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