Cáncer bronquial - radiografía de tórax

Ésta es una radiografía de tórax de una persona con cáncer bronquial. En esta vista frontal, los pulmones aparecen como dos áreas oscuras y el corazón y otras estructuras como las áreas claras visibles en la mitad del tórax. Las áreas claras que aparecen como ramificaciones sutiles extendiéndose desde el centro hacia los pulmones son cancerosas.Cáncer bronquial - radiografía de tórax

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Last reviewed 8/24/2011 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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