Imaging aspects of the diagnosis of sarcoidosis

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 807-816

  Spagnolo, Paolo ^a   Sverzellati, Nicola ^b   Wells, Athol U ^c   Hansell, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical manifestations; Complications; Computed tomography; Differential diagnosis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; CARCINOMATOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MONITORING; MYCETOMA; NOCARDIOSIS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896319423     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-3088-3     Document Type: Article

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