Pleural findings in a patient with persistent pulmonary effusions from systemic amyloidosis

Amyloid

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-31

  Mansalis, Katherine A ^a   Klein, David A ^a   Demartini, Steven D ^a   Powers, Jessica F ^a   Danielson, Daren S ^a,b  

^a DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleural effusions; systemic amyloidosis; VATS

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERSISTENT PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORACOCENTESIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 79751476259     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2010.537156     Document Type: Article

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