Pulmonary tumour with high carcinoembryonic antigen titre caused by chronic propolis aspiration

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1227-1230

  Lin, W C ^a   Tseng, Y T ^b   Chang, Y L ^a   Lee, Y C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Carcinoembryonic antigen; Propolis

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; PROPOLIS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; PROPOLIS; TITRIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38849176221     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00141706     Document Type: Article

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