Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 9 , Pages 736-738 , September 2009

Lingual Carcinoma Metastases Presenting as Spontaneous Pneumothorax

  • Jui-Sheng Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shah-Hwa Chou

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kun-Bow Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Tsung Chuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ming-Tsung Chuang, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, 138 Sheng-Li Road, Tainan 704, Taiwan

Received 13 September 2007 ,Revised 21 January 2008 ,Accepted 14 March 2008.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60398-3

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60398-3

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 9 , Pages 736-738 , September 2009

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