Benign metastasizing leiomyoma of the lung

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-124

  Goto, Taichiro ^a   Maeshima, Arafumi ^a   Akanabe, Kumi ^a   Hamaguchi, Reo ^a   Wakaki, Misa ^a   Oyamada, Yoshitaka ^a   Kato, Ryoichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma; Histology; Lung; Surgery; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TIME; UTERUS CANCER; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84860146648     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.11.01688     Document Type: Article

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