Severe tracheal compression due to mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis

Turk Toraks Dergisi

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-93

  Eren, Şewal ^a   Ava, Alper ^a   Fuat, Gürkan ^a   Çapan, Konca ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis; Tracheal compression; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SALBUTAMOL;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NEBULIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STRIDOR; TACHYPNEA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; WHEEZING;

EID: 77953423481     PISSN: 13027808     EISSN: 13085387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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