An African male with cough, haemoptysis, weight loss and hypercalcaemia: TB or not TB?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1060-1063

  Al Mlobeireek, A F ^a   Arafah, M ^a   Siddiqui, N ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCITONIN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; STEROID;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BERYLLIOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SUDAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036799449     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00632002     Document Type: Article

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