Paralysis and a perihilar protuberance: an unusual presentation of sarcoidosis in a child

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-414

  Wurzel, Danielle F ^a   Steinfort, Daniel P ^b   Massie, John ^b   Ryan, Monique M ^b   Irving, Louis B ^b   Ranganathan, Sarath C ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial ultrasound; Guillain Barre syndrome; Trans bronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; ROXITHROMYCIN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 66149110266     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20979     Document Type: Article

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