Multiple calcified pulmonary nodules: an unusual presentation of rheumatoid lung

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 274-276

  Srinivas, S ^a   Dhelaria, R ^a   Pai, D ^a   Black, F ^b   Cooper, R ^a  

^a SOUTH TYNESIDE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; RHEUMATOID NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846804069     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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