Usefulness of Digital Tomosynthesis for the Detection of Airway Obstruction: A Case Report of Bronchial Carcinosarcoma

Bronchial carcinosarcoma is a very rare malignant tumor that is composed of carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. We describe the first case in which digital tomosynthesis was useful for the evaluation of airway obstruction by bronchial carcinosarcoma that was overlooked on initial chest radiograp...

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Autores principales: Park, Sung-Joon, Choo, Ji Yung, Lee, Ki Yeol, Kim, Je-Hyeong, Choi, Jung-Woo, Yeom, Suk Keu, Kim, Baek Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Cancer Association 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4506098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25381829
http://dx.doi.org/10.4143/crt.2013.220
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Sumario:Bronchial carcinosarcoma is a very rare malignant tumor that is composed of carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. We describe the first case in which digital tomosynthesis was useful for the evaluation of airway obstruction by bronchial carcinosarcoma that was overlooked on initial chest radiography.

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