Squamous cell carcinoma of the pleura following bronchopleural fistula.
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Squamous cell carcinoma of the pleura following bronchopleural fistula.
Squamous metaplasia of the pleura with malignant transformation was observed five months after the development of an empyema and bronchopleural fistula in a 58 year old woman with lingular bronchiectasis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.44.12.1053