Detection of a possible case of pulmonary tumour thromboembolism by endobronchial ultrasound

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-42

  Dhillon, Samjot Singh ^a   Berim, I G ^b   Khushalani, N ^a   Gannon, J ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

EBUS; Endobronchial ultrasound; Melanoma; Tumor embolism

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INTERFERON; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MELANOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; TUMOR EMBOLISM; VENA CAVA FILTER;

EID: 84861121448     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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