Atypical sarcoidosis: Case reports and review of the literature

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Giovinale, M ^a   Fonnesu, C ^a   Soriano, A ^a   Cerquaglia, C ^a   Curigliano, V ^a   Verrecchia, E ^a   De Socio, G ^a   Gasbarrini, G ^a   Manna, Raffaele ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACE; Hepatosplenic involvement; Pulmonary granulomatous lesions; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CALCIUM; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; LYSOZYME; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC FULLNESS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CYST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SARCOIDOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN BIOPSY; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN SARCOIDOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65249139394     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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