The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages e57-e58 , April 2010

Pulmonary echinococcosis mimicking Pancoast tumor

Received 19 September 2008 ,Accepted 3 November 2008.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01970-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.11.018

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages e57-e58 , April 2010