Lung Adenocarcinoma with Miliary Metastases and Left Femur Pathologic Fracture: an Unusual Case Mimicking Disseminated Tuberculosis.
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SUBMITTER: Khadem N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5481260 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
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Lung Adenocarcinoma with Miliary Metastases and Left Femur Pathologic Fracture: an Unusual Case Mimicking Disseminated Tuberculosis.
Khadem Nasim N Costales Cristina C White Eric A EA Patel Dakshesh B DB Tomasian Anderanik A Matcuk George R GR
HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery 20161221 2
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