Nodular pseudotumoral pulmonary amyloidosis mimicking pulmonary carcinoma

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 440-

  Pusztaszeri, M ^a,b   Kamel, E M ^a   Artemisia, S ^a   Genevay, M ^a   McKee, T ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG AMYLOIDOSIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG PSEUDOTUMOR; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18844455054     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.035790     Document Type: Article

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