Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 148-151 , March 2010

Radiologic appearance of a bronchial granular cell tumor with secondary obstructive changes

Received 1 February 2009 ,Revised 1 May 2009 ,Accepted 15 May 2009.

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Clinical Imaging
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