Pseudotumoral tracheobronchial amyloidosis mimicking asthma: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Serraj, Mounia ^a   Kamaoui, Imane ^a   Znati, Kawtar ^a   Kouara, Salma ^a   Sahnoune, Ferdaous ^a   Amara, Bouchra ^a   Biaze, Mohammed ^a   Tizniti, Siham ^a   Amarti, Afaf ^a   Benjelloun, Mohammed ^a  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIREFRINGENCE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEAL BIOPSY; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; WHEEZING;

EID: 84856255139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-40     Document Type: Article

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