MEDIASTINAL SARCOIDOSIS PRESENTING AS VENTILATION-PERFUSION MISMATCH

Authors
COHEN LA MURPHY WD KELLING JS
Citation
La. Cohen et al., MEDIASTINAL SARCOIDOSIS PRESENTING AS VENTILATION-PERFUSION MISMATCH, Chest, 105(5), 1994, pp. 1576-1577
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
105
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1576 - 1577
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1994)105:5<1576:MSPAVM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology which is characterized pa thologically by widespread noncaseating granulomas involving multiple organ systems. We report a case of sarcoidosis presenting as a ventila tion-perfusion mismatch on a lung scan.