Anthracosis and large mediastinal mass in a patient with healed pulmonary tuberculosis

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-103

  Onitilo, Adedayo A ^a   Engel, Jessica M ^a   Nguyen, Thanhcuong T ^a   Tanimu, Sabo B ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthracosis; Domestically acquired particulate lung disease; Hut lung; Mediastinal lymphadenopathy; Pneumoconiosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SOOT; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPLICATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77957238213     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2010.876     Document Type: Article

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