Angiosarcoma with extensive pulmonary metastases, presenting with spontaneous bilateral pneumothoraces

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 749-

  May, Teresa ^a   Blank, Seth ^b   Dressel, Douglas ^c   Van Der Kloot, Thomas E ^a  

^a Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b Mercy Hospital Portland Maine   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CHEST TUBE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG METASTASIS; NOTE; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENCE; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84884619081     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201212-2209IM     Document Type: Note

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