Foreign body granulomatosis in a patient with a factitious disorder

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-180

  Mouchantaf, Fares Georges ^a   Campagna, Anthony C ^a   Lamb, Carla R ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Factitious disorder; Foreign body granulomatosis; Microcrystalline cellulose

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; INFUSION FLUID; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DYSPNEA; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; FOREIGN BODY; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMATOSIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INDWELLING CATHETER; LUNG LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF INJECTION; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 80052748871     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e318206eb2a     Document Type: Article

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