Rapid-growth pneumatocele mimics massive pneumothorax in a HIV-positive patient
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Rapid-growth pneumatocele mimics massive pneumothorax in a HIV-positive patient.
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Surgery, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan AIDS Prevention and Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0040-6376,1468-3296
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201990