Pulmonary nocardiosis with cutaneous involvement mimicking a metastasizing lung carcinoma in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukaemia

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-51

  Nenoff, Pietro ^a   Kellermann, Steffen ^a   Borte, Gudrun ^a   Horn, Lars Christian ^a   Pönisch, Wolfram ^a   Winkler, Jörg ^a   Haustein, Uwe Frithjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic myelogenous leukaemia; Cutaneous metastases; Grain; Lung carcinoma; Nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

DIGITOXIN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; SKIN METASTASIS; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033975042     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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