Fever and dyspnoea in a young man with a rash
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 |
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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 ( |
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ISSN: | 0032-5473 1469-0756 |
DOI: | 10.1136/pgmj.75.882.251 |