Fatal haemoptysis in a case of lymphomatoid granulomatosis treated with rituximab

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 644-646

  Jaffré, Sandrine ^a,d   Jardin, F ^a   Dominique, S ^a   Duet, E ^a   Hubscher, Ph ^c   Genevois, A ^b   Corne, F ^a   Bota, S ^a   Nouvet, G ^a   Thiberville, L ^a  

^a Centre Bequerel   (France)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LE HAVRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CHU de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

Haemoptysis; Lymphomatoid granulomatosis; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CEFOTAXIME; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33644859903     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00086204     Document Type: Article

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