Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages W41-W43

  Wongsripuemtet, Jitsupa ^a   Ruangchira urai, Ruchira ^a   Stern, Eric J ^a   Kanne, Jeffrey P ^a   Muangman, Nisa ^a  

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Author keywords

Benign metastastizing leiomyoma; Cysts; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; TAMOXIFEN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BENIGN METASTASIZING LEIOMYOMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CYST; LUNG NODULE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857788616     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e318215cc26     Document Type: Article

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