Clinical Imaging
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 14-18 , January 2012

Pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer: imaging findings and growth rates at follow-up CT

  • Eun Young Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon 405-760, Korea
    • ,
  • Jae-Ik Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon 405-760, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon 405-760, Korea. Tel.: +82 32 460 3060; fax: +82 32 460 3065.
    • ,
  • Yon Mi Sung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon 405-760, Korea
    • ,
  • So Hyun Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon 405-760, Korea
    • ,
  • Dong Bok Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon 405-760, Korea
    • ,
  • Young Saing Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon 405-760, Korea
    • ,
  • Jeong-Heum Baek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon 405-760, Korea

Received 1 April 2011 ,Accepted 19 April 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2011.04.018

Clinical Imaging
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 14-18 , January 2012

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