Air leak syndrome as one of the manifestations of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-165

  Iwanaga, Tomoaki ^a   Hirota, Takako ^a   Ikeda, Togo ^a  

^a FUKUOKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Open lung biopsy; Pneumomediastinum; Pneumothorax; Subcutaneous emphysema

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

BIOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034136984     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.163     Document Type: Article

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