A pulmonary mass and hyperviscosity
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A pulmonary mass and hyperviscosity.
A 69 year old woman was referred to hospital because of a persistent dry cough and dyspnoea. She has never smoked and was taking captopril for hypertension and thyroxine for hypothyroidism. At age 20 she developed pulmonary tuberculosis which was treated with a left artificial pneumothorax. A few years later during the course of investigation into infertility she was found to have tuberculous e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.899.582