Blizzard Sign as a specific endobronchial ultrasound image for ground glass opacity: A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-21

  Sasada, Shinji ^a   Izumo, Takehiro ^a   Chavez, Christine ^a   Tsuchida, Takaaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blizzard Sign; Endobronchial ultrasound with a guide sheath; Ground glass opacity; Peripheral pulmonary lesion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLIZZARD SIGN; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; PERIPHERAL LUNG LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84897080928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22130071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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