Interferon-induced sarcoidosis with osseous involvement in a patient with melanoma

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-69

  Meristoudis, Georgios ^a   Tsaroucha, Angeliki ^b   Ilias, Ioannis ^c   Giannakopoulos, Vasilios ^b   Batsakis, Christos ^b   Christakopoulou, Julia ^b  

^a Henri Dunant Hospital   (Greece)

^b SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c E Venizelou Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; BONE BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SARCOIDOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 79955460134     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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