Unusual presentations of pulmonary sarcoidosis: Cases from the Medical University of South Carolina

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-82

  Judson, Marc A ^a   Vincent, Brad ^a   Huggins, Terrill ^a   Silvestri, Gerard A ^a   Sahn, Steven A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Emphysema; Emphysema pulmonary nodule; Granuloma; Pleural effusion; Sarcoidosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; GALLIUM 67; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; METIROSINE; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; NECROSIS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33847649516     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-970334     Document Type: Article

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