One hundred consecutive granulomas in a pulmonary pathology consultation practice

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1456-1464

  Hutton Klein, Julianne Roberta ^a   Tazelaar, Henry Dale ^b   Leslie, Kevin Orr ^b   Colby, Thomas Vail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

aspiration; granulomatous inflammation; hypersensitivity pneumonia; lung granulomas; pathology consultation; Wegener granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG GRANULOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77957912351     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181ef9fa0     Document Type: Article

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