Fallopian tube and pulmonary sarcoidosis: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 533-535

  Boakye, Kwadwo ^a,b   Omalu, Bennet ^a   Thomas, Louys ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallopian tubes; Pulmonary sarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030804015     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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