A single pulmonary rheumatoid nodule masquerading as malignancy

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 556-559

  Voulgari, P V ^a   Tsifetaki, N ^a   Metafratzi, Z M ^b   Zioga, A ^b   Acritidis, N C ^c   Drosos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolemia; Heavy smoker; Pulmonary carcinoma; Rheumatoid nodule; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULIN TEST; URINALYSIS;

COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID NODULE;

EID: 30344462689     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-1091-z     Document Type: Article

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