Multiple tiny granulomatous lesions with eosinophils in a patient with smoldering-type adult T-cell leukaemia: The possibility of a new type of bronchioloalveolopathy

Respirology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 182-184

  Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Kawabata, Yoshinori ^b   Amemiya, Yuka ^a   Ogata, Masao ^a   Kadota, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchioloalveolopathy; Coagulation necrosis; Human T lymphotropic virus type 1

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLOALVEOLOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

AGED; ANEMIA, REFRACTORY, WITH EXCESS OF BLASTS; BRONCHIOLES; EOSINOPHILS; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, ADULT T-CELL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 74049132220     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01646.x     Document Type: Article

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