Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules Represent Lung Metastases in a Significant Portion of Patients Undergoing Liver Resection for Malignancy

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2256-2259

  Downs Canner, Stephanie ^a   Bahar, Runalia ^a   Reddy, Srinevas K ^b   Cardinal, Jon S ^a   Marsh, J Wallis ^a   Geller, David A ^a   Tsung, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrahepatic recurrence; Hepatic malignancy; Indeterminate pulmonary nodule; Metastatic colorectal cancer; Metastatic liver disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84870248854     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-2051-y     Document Type: Article

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