Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 400-403 , September 2010

Radiologic findings of lung lobe torsion in reconstructed multidetector computed tomography image lead to early detection

Received 18 August 2009 ,Accepted 9 October 2009.

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☆ The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to declare.

☆☆ This article has not been presented.

PII: S0899-7071(09)00301-5

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.10.035

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 400-403 , September 2010

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