An Unusual Cause of Organizing Pneumonia: Hydrocarbon Pneumonitis

Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad1, Sahajal Dhooria1, Amanjit Bal2

  • 1Assitant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.

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