Pulmonary metastases from angiosarcoma: A spectrum of CT findings

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 41-46

  Yogi, Akira ^a   Miyara, Tetsuhiro ^a,b   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a,c   Iraha, Shiro ^d   Matori, Shigetaka ^a   Haranaga, Shusaku ^a   Murayama, Sadayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Yaeyama Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Okinawa Prefectural South Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adults; Computed tomography (CT); Cysts; Lung; Metastases; Thorax

Indexed keywords

AIR; DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULTS; CYSTS; LUNG; METASTASES; THORAX;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR FLUID LEVEL; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHI PENETRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CYST; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; VESSEL PENETRATION; WALL SMOOTHNESS; WALL THICKNESS; ALGORITHM; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SECONDARY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84960847222     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185115571789     Document Type: Article

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