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Principle causes of diffuse nodular shadowing metastatic carcinoma to lungs lymphoma alveolar cell carcinoma sarcoidosis tuberculosis fungal diseases (histoplasmosis; cryptococcosis; coccidioidomycosis; blastomycosis) pneumoconiosis varicella pneumonia systemic vasculitis (Wegener's granulomato...

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Veröffentlicht in:Postgraduate medical journal 1999-04, Vol.75 (882), p.251-253
Hauptverfasser: Dizon, Michelle N, Matfin, Glenn
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Principle causes of diffuse nodular shadowing metastatic carcinoma to lungs lymphoma alveolar cell carcinoma sarcoidosis tuberculosis fungal diseases (histoplasmosis; cryptococcosis; coccidioidomycosis; blastomycosis) pneumoconiosis varicella pneumonia systemic vasculitis (Wegener's granulomatosis and peri-arteritis nodosa) collagen vascular disease (including rheumatoid nodules and systemic lupus erythematosus) septic emboli arteriovenous malformations haemosiderosis (including Goodpastures's disease) amyloidosis cryptogenic organising pneumonia/bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia alveolar proteinosis pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis Kaposi's sarcoma QUESTION 2 Acyclovir is preferred over vidarabine for treatment. [...]it has been reported that conventional 'low-dose' corticosteroid therapy (
ISSN:0032-5473
1469-0756
DOI:10.1136/pgmj.75.882.251