Pathology of Sarcoidosis

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-44

  Rossi, Giulio ^a   Cavazza, Alberto ^b   Colby, Thomas V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Granuloma; Infection; Lung; Lymphatics; Necrosis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84937638238     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-015-8479-6     Document Type: Review

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