Lymphomatoid granulomatosis mimicking interstitial lung disease

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1085-1087

  Braham, Emna ^a   Ayadi Kaddour, Aïda ^a,b   Smati, Belhassen ^a   Ben Mrad, Sonia ^a   Besbes, Mohammed ^a   El Mezni, Faouzi ^a  

^a ABDERRAHMAN MAMI HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b NONE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Angiocentric lymphoma; Lung; Lymphomatoid granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIGENS, CD20; BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 54349127380     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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