Bilateral lung lesions: When the eyes deceive the brain!

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-89

  Fiorelli, Alfonso ^a   Vicidomini, Giovanni ^a   Palladino, Alberto ^a   Curcio, Carlo ^b   Caterino, Umberto ^b   Nappi, Giannantonio ^b   Santini, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Cardiac; Echocardiography; Lung metastases; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 84860615476     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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