Sarcoidosis with pulmonary hypertension exacerbated by Takayasu-like large vessel vasculitis

Pathology International

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 546-550

  Ishii, Aya ^a   Hoshii, Yoshinobu ^a   Nakashima, Tadaaki ^a   Umemoto, Seiji ^b   Nakamura, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Matsuzaki, Masunori ^a   Ikeda, Eiji ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Sarcoidosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; D DIMER; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PROTHROMBIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART GALLOP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; JAPANESE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VENA CAVA FILTER;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SARCOIDOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULITIS;

EID: 80052264361     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2011.02703.x     Document Type: Article

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