Wegener's granulomatosis with parotid gland involvement and pneumothorax

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-137

  Bülbül, Yilmaz ^a,b   Özlü, Tevfik ^a   Öztuna, Funda ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hemoptysis; Parotid gland; Pneumothorax; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MALE; PAROTID GLAND; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; URINE SEDIMENT; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID DISEASES; PNEUMOTHORAX; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0037230538     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069111     Document Type: Article

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