Adult intrapulmonary and mediastinal lymphangioma causing haemoptysis.
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Adult intrapulmonary and mediastinal lymphangioma causing haemoptysis.
A 54 year old man, an ex-smoker, was noted to have a right hilar mass five years before presentation at our hospital. Thoracotomy had shown a cystic mass (benign lymphangiomatous cyst on frozen section) enveloping the structures of the right hilum. Resection was not attempted because a pneumonectomy would have been required. A radiograph four years later showed no change. One month before admis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.42.8.635