Clinical Imaging
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 8-13 , January 2012

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lung: common findings and unusual appearances on CT

  • Xinchun Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Weidong Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Xiaomei Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Chongpeng Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Miaoling Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Qingsi Zeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 13660611505.

Received 5 October 2010 ,Accepted 1 November 2010.

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Clinical Imaging
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 8-13 , January 2012

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