This case report concerns an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the testis in a 31-yr-old white male patient who underwent radical left orchiectomy, followed by combined irradiation and chemotherapy, and who 2 yr later presented with dyspnea at rest, nonproductive cough, and lower back pain for 1 wk. Che
Accuracy and reproducibility of pleural effusion cytology
✍ Scribed by Ambrogio Fassina; Ugo Fedeli; Matteo Corradin; Monica Da Frè; Luigi Fabbris
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1344-6223
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