Predictors of pneumothorax after transthoracic lung biopsy: The role of quantitative CT

Hassan Chami (Beirut, Lebanon), Hassan Chami, Walid Farraj, Zeinab Abou Yehia, Sanaa Baddour, Peter Sawan, Karim Rebeiz, Rawan Safa, Charbel Saade, Blanche Ghandour, Ali Shamseddine, Deborah Mukherji, Ali Haydar

Source: International Congress 2015 – A morphological view of chest pathology
Session: A morphological view of chest pathology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 764
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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