Deposition of calcium salts in a case of pulmonary zygomycosis: histopathologic and chemical findings

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1353-1357

  Rassaei, Negar ^a   Shilo, Konstantin ^a   Lewin Smith, Michael R ^a   Kalasinsky, Victor F ^a   Klassen Fischer, Mary K ^a   Franks, Teri J ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; Calcium oxalate; Pulmonary zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

WEDDELLITE; WHEWELLITE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG MYCOSIS; MUCORMYCOSIS;

AGED; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXALATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 68349139742     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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