Lymphomatoid granulomatosis in a patient previously diagnosed with a gastrointestinal stromal tumour and treated with imatinib

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-201

  Salmons, Nabeel ^a   Gregg, Richard J ^a   Pallalau, Anna ^a   Woolhouse, Ian ^a   Geh, Ian ^a   Tanière, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PIPERAZINES; PYRIMIDINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846971969     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.036541     Document Type: Article

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