Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 199-208 , August 2007

Unusual non-neoplastic lesions of the lung

  • Cesar A. Moran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Cesar A. Moran, MD, Department of Pathology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030.
    • ,
  • Saul Suster, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2007.06.006

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 199-208 , August 2007

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