Unusual diffuse pulmonary amyloidosis in systemic lupus erythematosus: Computed tomography findings

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-159

  Shim, Sung Shine ^a   Chun, Eun Mi ^a   Sung, Sun Hee ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Calcification; Consolidation; Lung; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; CALCIFICATION; CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; COMMON FEATURES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG; PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE; RADIOLOGIC IMAGES; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY;

CONSOLIDATION;

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY AMYLOIDOSIS; RASH; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952139374     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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