Mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis with anthracosis as a cause of vocal cord paralysis

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-413

  Bircan, H Ahmet ^a   Bircan, Sema ^a   Öztürk, Önder ^a   Özyurt, Songül ^a   Şahin, Ünal ^a   Akkaya, Ahmet ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hoarseness; Mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis; Pulmonary anthracosis; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; ORAL BIOPSY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

AGED; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 36849070812     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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