Necrotizing granuloma of the lung: Imaging characteristics and imaging-guided diagnosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1397-1401

  Thiessen, Rennae ^a   Seely, Jean M ^a   Matzinger, Frederick R K ^a   Agarwal, Prachi ^a,b   Burns, Karen L ^a   Dennie, Carole J ^a   Peterson, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

CT guided biopsy; Lung biopsy; Necrotizing granuloma; Pulmonary nodule; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG NODULE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36448976176     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2389     Document Type: Article

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