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Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Published in: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1/2019

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Primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma—case report of a rare aggressive neoplasm

Authors: Mohd Ilyas, Zubair Ahmad, Jan Mohd Suhail, Ghulam Mohammad

Published in: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Issue 1/2019

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A 50-year-old male non-smoker and non-alcoholic was presented to the Emergency Medicine with the chief complaints of chest pain, cough, and hemoptysis for 2 days. There was no history of fever. The patient was non-smoker and non-alcoholic with no history of similar complaints in the past. A chest radiograph from 2-months back which was obtained as a part of routine pre-anesthetic checkup for cholecystectomy did not show any abnormality. He had no previous history of any radiotherapy or chemotherapy. …
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Metadata
Title
Primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma—case report of a rare aggressive neoplasm
Authors
Mohd Ilyas
Zubair Ahmad
Jan Mohd Suhail
Ghulam Mohammad
Publication date
01-01-2019
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Published in
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0970-9134
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7723
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-017-0643-6

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