Pulmonary arterial fibromuscular dysplasia: A rare cause of fulminant lung hemorrhage

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-73

  Campman, Steven C ^a,d   Holmes, James F ^b   Sokolove, Peter E ^b   Romero, Javier A ^c   Yost, Barbara A ^b   Lie, J T ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AFIP Annex   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemothorax Arteriopathy; Lung hemorrhage; Pulmonary arterial fibromuscular dysplasia; Unexpected death

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0034059170     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200003000-00013     Document Type: Article

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