Ground-glass computed tomography pattern in chronic beryllium disease: Pathologic substratum and evolution

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 496-500

  Naccache, Jean Marc ^a   Marchand Adam, Sylvain ^a   Kambouchner, Marianne ^a   Guillon, François ^a   Monnet, Isabelle ^b   Girard, Frederic ^a   Brauner, Michel ^a,c   Valeyre, Dominique ^a,c  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Beryllium disease; Ground glass opacities; Tomodensitometry

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; OPACITY; PULMONARY DISEASES;

BERYLLIUM DISEASE; CAPILLARY WALL; CHRONIC BERYLLIUM DISEASE; GROUND GLASS; GROUND-GLASS OPACITY; LUNG PATHOLOGY; TOMODENSITOMETRY;

GLASS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODENSITOMETRY; STEROID THERAPY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 0042205324     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200307000-00007     Document Type: Article

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