Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung following invasive aspergillosis in a patient with chronic graft-vs.-host disease

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-72

  Priebe Richter, Constanze ^a   Ivanyi, Philipp ^a   Buer, Jan ^a   Länger, Florian ^a   Lotz, Joachim ^a   Hertenstein, Bernd ^a   Ganser, Arnold ^a   Franzke, Anke ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic graft vs. host disease; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUSULFAN; CASPOFUNGIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEMOPTYSIS; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PSEUDOTUMOR; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, PULMONARY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21044442374     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2005.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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