Comparative study of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis with multiple nodules or masses by ct and pathology

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 4437-4444

  Wang, Dongxu ^a   Wu, Chongchong ^b   Gao, Jie ^b   Zhao, Shaohong ^b   Ma, Xidong ^c   Wei, B O ^d   Feng, Limin ^a   Wang, Yuguang ^a   Xue, Xinying ^d  

^a QIQIHAR MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Multi slice spiral computed tomography; Pathological; Pulmonary cryptococcosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 85055920990     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2018.6745     Document Type: Article

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