Lung nodules in a woman with a history of breast cancer

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1697-1701

  Risbano, Michael G ^a,c   Groshong, Steve D ^b   Schwarz, Marvin I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Granuloma; Lung metastasis; Pulmonary sarcoidosis; Sarcoid like reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG NODULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 36349014761     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1388     Document Type: Article

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