Contrast-enhanced CT for detecting pleural malignancy at a large district general hospital

Samal Gunatilake (Eastleigh, United Kingdom), Samal Gunatilake, William Storrar, Louise Parker, Suresh Babu, Lesley Bishop, Robin Clark, Anoop Chauhan

Source: International Congress 2015 – A morphological view of chest pathology
Session: A morphological view of chest pathology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 756
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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Samal Gunatilake (Eastleigh, United Kingdom), Samal Gunatilake, William Storrar, Louise Parker, Suresh Babu, Lesley Bishop, Robin Clark, Anoop Chauhan. Contrast-enhanced CT for detecting pleural malignancy at a large district general hospital. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 756

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