Phantom lung tumor and bronchogenic carcinoma in the same patient. Report of a case.

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  • J K Takala
  • T Laes
چکیده

FIGURE 1 : Chest x-ray film before treatment, showing cardiac enlargement and pulmonary congestion. There is pleural fluid on both sides, and a wedge-shaped shadow in the right mid-lung extending from the mediastinal shadow to the lateral thorax wall. FIGURE 2 : Chest x-ray film nine days later, after treatment with digitalis and diuretics. The “tumor” has disappeared, but there still remains a thickened interlobar fissure in the anteroposterior view.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Diseases of the chest

دوره 49 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1966