Benign clear cell tumor (sugar tumor) of the lung.
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Benign clear-cell "sugar" tumor of the lung--a case report.
The authors present a rare case of a surgically treated so-called "sugar" tumor of the lung in a 68-year old male patient.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0919-0945,1881-4158
DOI: 10.2995/jacsurg.15.695