[Pancreatic pseudocyst fistulised to pleural space: a rare cause of a massive pleural effusion].
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چکیده
Eugenia Caballero Rodrı́guez,* M. Araceli Hidalgo Rodrı́guez, Jorge Herrero Collantes, Carlos Enrique Garcı́a Franco c a Servicio de Cirugı́a Gral. y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain b Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Servicio de Cirugı́a Torácica, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cirugia espanola
دوره 91 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013