A case of pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis successfully treated by combination chemotherapy with rituximab

Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 386-390

  Jung, Ki Hwan ^a   Sung, Hwa Jung ^a   Lee, Ju Han ^a   Lee, Ki Yeol ^a   Shin, Jae Seung ^a   Kim, Kyung Min ^a   Kim, Young Sik ^a   Shin, Chol ^a   Kim, Je Hyeong ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Combination chemotherapy; Lymphomatoid granulomatosis; Monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VINCRISTINE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 70049103647     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237745     Document Type: Article

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