Classic pulmonary blastoma: A subtype of biphasic pulmonary blastoma

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-127

  Nakayama, Takashi ^a,b   Ohtsuka, Takashi ^b   Kazama, Akio ^a   Watanabe, Ken ichi ^a  

^a SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Biphasic pulmonary blastoma; Classic pulmonary blastoma

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BLASTOMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPUTUM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; COUGH; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY BLASTOMA; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860163284     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.11.01693     Document Type: Article

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