Atypical CT findings of isolated pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a 4-year-old boy

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 176-179

  Oikonomou, Anastasia ^a   Prassopoulos, Panos ^a   Hytiroglou, Prodromos ^b   Kirvassilis, Fotios V ^c   Tsanakas, John N ^c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LANGERHANS CELL; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG LOBE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSPNEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FATAL OUTCOME; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RARE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249870597     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000213565.40667.8f     Document Type: Article

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