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Original article| Volume 15, ISSUE 2, P105-108, April 1991

Localized fibrous pleural mesothelioma: CT findings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-7071(91)90156-P
Localized fibrous pleural mesothelioma: CT findings
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      Abstract

      The CT findings in 16 patients (20 examinations) with proven localized fibrous mesothelioma are described. These lesions proved to be large, uninvasive, sometimes heterogeneous, and enhancing solitary masses. These morphologic findings in an asymptomatic patient should be suggestive of this lesion.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-7071(91)90156-P

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