Cutaneous and pulmonary sarcoidosis in a Hong Kong Chinese woman with silicone breast prostheses

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-382

  Chang, Kwok Chiu ^a,d   Chan, Kam Tim ^b   Chong, Lai Yin ^b   Lau, Kam Shing ^c   Tam, Cheuk Ming ^a   Lam, Chak Wah ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^c RUTTONJEE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d Yaumatei Chest Clinic   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Granuloma aetiology; Prosthesis; Sarcoidosis diagnosis; Sarcoidosis epidemiology; Sarcoidosis pathology; Silicone; Skin diseases pathology

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SILICONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

BREAST IMPLANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SKIN DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141513799     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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