The histology of pulmonary sarcoidosis: A review with particular emphasis on unusual and underrecognized features

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-230

  Cavazza, Alberto ^a   Harari, Sergio ^b   Caminati, Antonella ^b   Barbareschi, Mattia ^c   Carbonelli, Cristiano ^a   Spaggiari, Lucia ^a   Paci, Massimiliano ^a   Rossi, Giulio ^d  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale SGiuseppe   (Italy)

^c SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Histology; Lung; Necrosis; Review; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GALLIUM;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; FEVER; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MALAISE; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIST; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 65849438480     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896909333748     Document Type: Article

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