Sarcoidosis mimicking metastatic disease: A case report and review of the literature

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 342-345

  Waanders, F ^a   van Hengel, P ^a   Krikke, A ^a   Wesseling, J ^a   Nieboer, P ^a  

^a Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Besnier Boeck Schaumann; Hypercalcaemia; Vertebral sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DISEASE; BONE LESION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GIANT CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 33750379817     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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