An Unusual Presentation of Spontaneous Pneumothorax Secondary to Talc-Induced Pulmonary Granulomatosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1941-1943

  Caceres, Manuel ^a   Braud, Rebecca ^b   Garrett Jr , Harvey Edward ^c,d  

^a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TALC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGEON; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; TALC;

EID: 65649151340     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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