Pulmonary necrotizing granulomas of unknown cause clinical and pathologic analysis of 131 patients with completely resected nodules

Chest

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 813-824

  Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay ^a,b   Wilcox, Bradley E ^a,d   Myers, Jeffrey L ^a,c   Bryant, Sandra C ^a   Buckwalter, Seanne P ^a   Wengenack, Nancy L ^a   Yi, Eunhee S ^a   Aughenbaugh, Gregory L ^a   Specks, Ulrich ^a   Aubry, Marie Christine ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Chest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; INFLIXIMAB; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; MYELOBLASTIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLASTOMYCES; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANDIDA; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCCIDIOIDES; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY NECROTIZING GRANULOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SPOROTHRIX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 84884333082     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2113     Document Type: Article

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