Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 457-459 , December 2007

Pulmonary glomus tumor

  • Umesh Kapur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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  • Marta Helenowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, St. Bernard Hospital, Chicago, IL 60621, USA
    • ,
  • Adich Zayaad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, St. Bernard Hospital, Chicago, IL 60621, USA
    • ,
  • Ritu Ghai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • ,
  • Wickii Vigeneswaran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Prabha Rajan, MD, FRCPath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 708 327 2615; fax: +1 708 327 2620.

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doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.06.003

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 457-459 , December 2007

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