Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 227-232 , March 2007

Pulmonary cavitary mass containing a mural nodule: differential diagnosis between intracavitary aspergilloma and cavitating lung cancer on contrast-enhanced computed tomography

  • Y. Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
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  • T.S. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: T.S. Kim, Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50, Ilwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 2 3410 2518; fax: +82 2 3410 2559.
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  • C.A. Yi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
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  • E.Y. Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
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  • H. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
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  • Y.S. Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea

Received 26 July 2006 ,Revised 24 October 2006 ,Accepted 1 November 2006.

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PII: S0009-9260(06)00405-3

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.11.001

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 227-232 , March 2007

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