Prostatic carcinoma presenting with respiratory symptoms: response to orchidectomy.
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Prostatic carcinoma presenting with respiratory symptoms: response to orchidectomy.
Accepted 24 March 1984 gestive of interstitial lung disease. The serum acid phosphatase was 48-4 U/I (normal range 0-4 U/i). Respiratory function tests showed a restrictive pattern (table). At bronchoscopy the mucosa was reddened but no endobronchial lesion was seen. Transbronchial biopsy showed aggregates of small polyhedral cells thought to be well differentiated adenocarcinoma with invasion ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.39.7.552