Erdheim-Chester disease with lung involvement mimicking pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 337, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-304

  Yahng, Seung Ah ^a   Kang, Hyeon Hui ^a   Kim, Sung Kyung ^a   Lee, Sang Haak ^a   Moon, Hwa Sik ^a   Lee, Bae Young ^a   Kim, Hyeon Sook ^a   Seo, Eun Joo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erdheim Chester disease; PET CT scan; Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LAMIVUDINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSPNEA; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CARCINOMA; FATALITY; LUNG; LYMPHANGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

CARCINOMA; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPHANGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65549162720     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31818d7a64     Document Type: Article

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