Intrapulmonary lymph nodes: Thin-section CT findings, pathological findings, and CT differential diagnosis from pulmonary metastatic nodules

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 235-240

  Hyodo, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kanazawa, Susumu ^a   Dendo, Shuichi ^a   Kobayashi, Keita ^a   Hayashi, Hirohide ^b   Kouno, Yoshihiro ^c   Fujishima, Mamoru ^d   Hiraki, Yoshio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital   (Japan)

^c Fukuyama National Hospital   (Japan)

^d Tsuyama Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrapulmonary lymph nodes; Pathological findings; Pulmonary metastatic nodules; Thin section CT scan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 9144264254     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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