Pleural thickening in a construction worker: It is not always mesothelioma

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 88-90

  Saboerali, M D ^a   Koolen, M G J ^a   Noorduyn, L A ^a   van Delden, O M ^a   Bogaard, H J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Erdheim Chester disease; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IBUPROFEN; MACROLIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; COUGHING; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTUBATION; HEART FAILURE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLEURA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645562866     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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