Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of a large pleural inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor.

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Published in Case Rep Pulmonol on December 31, 2012

Authors

Judith Loeffler-Ragg1, Johannes Bodner, Martin Freund, Michael Steurer, Christian Uprimny, Bettina Zelger, Christian M Kähler

Author Affiliations

1: Pneumology/USPH Innsbruck, Department of Internal Medicine VI, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

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