Talc granulomatosis mimicking sarcoidosis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Iqbal, A ^a   Aggarwal, Bhumika ^a   Menon, B ^a   Kulshreshtha, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Non caseating granulomas; Occupational lung disease; Pulmonary granulomatosis; Sarcoidosis; Talc granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MAGNESIUM SILICATE; PREDNISOLONE; TALC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SARCOIDOSIS; TALC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49749129627     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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