Nonneoplastic Tracheal and Bronchial Stenoses

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-260

  Grenier, Philippe A ^a   Beigelman Aubry, Catherine ^a   Brillet, Pierre Yves ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchial stenosis; Infectious tracheobronchitis; Relapsing polychondritis; Tracheal stenosis; Tracheobronchial amyloidosis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHUS ANTHRACOFIBROSIS; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; BRONCHUS STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POLYCHONDRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; REVIEW; RHINOSCLEROMA; SABEAR SHEATH TRACHEA; SARCOIDOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; TRACHEOBRONCHOPATHIA OSTEOCHONDROPLASTICA; TUBERCULOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

BRONCHIAL DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 60949110211     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2008.11.011     Document Type: Review

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