Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: An unrecognized or misdiagnosed entity?

Modern Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 784-787

  Becker, Christian D ^a   Gil, Joan ^a   Padilla, Maria L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroelastosis (not MeSH); Interstitial lung disease; Pleural fibrosis; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SURGERY; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEUROPARENCHYMAL FIBROELASTOSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44349122939     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2008.56     Document Type: Article

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