Plasma cell granuloma: A case report of multiple lesions in the lung and review of the literature

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 402-406

  Yao, Xin ^a,b   Alvarado, Yesid ^a   Brackeen, Jeffrey ^a   Jumper, Cynthia ^a   Cobos, Everado ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ALK; Granuloma; Lung neoplasm; Plasma cell; Pulmonary surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; METASTASIS; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 38449100849     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318068d7dd     Document Type: Article

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