Diffuse pulmonary lymphatic disease presenting as interstitial lung disease in adulthood: Report of 3 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1548-1554

  Boland, Jennifer M ^a   Tazelaar, Henry D ^a   Colby, Thomas V ^a   Leslie, Kevin O ^a   Hartman, Thomas E ^b   Yi, Eunhee S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; lung; lymphangiectasis; lymphangiomatosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866603731     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31825eae67     Document Type: Article

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