Nodular amyloidosis of the lung from intravenous drug abuse: An uncommon cause of multiple pulmonary nodules

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 402-404

  Shah, Sanjay P ^a,b   Khine, Michael ^a,b   Anigbogu, Joseph ^a,b   Miller, Albert ^a,b  

^a Cathol Med Ctr Brooklyn Queens I ^*

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; METHADONE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PENTAZOCINE; TRIPELENNAMINE;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUNG NODULE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031900646     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199804000-00020     Document Type: Article

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