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Bronchoalveolar Lavage of Murine Lungs to Analyze Inflammatory Cell Infiltration
Published on: May 4, 2017
A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung presenting as polymyalgia rheumatica
Erin L Tompkins1, Candice E-P Middlebrook1, Christopher L Tracy1
1Womack Army Medical Center Fort Bragg North Carolina.
Abstract:
A common inflammatory condition, the investigation and diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica should be within the scope of a general physician's repertoire. While there is limited evidence to confirm the existence of polymyalgia rheumatica as a distinct paraneoplastic syndrome (Reumatismo. 2018;70(1):23), a broadened differential should be utilized prior to diagnosis of this disease.
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