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. 1990 Jul;45(7):570. doi: 10.1136/thx.45.7.570

Recurrent localised pneumonia due to bronchial infiltration in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

A Desjardins 1, G Ostiguy 1, S Cousineau 1, M Gyger 1
PMCID: PMC462594  PMID: 2396240

Abstract

A woman with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia developed pneumonia on five occasions in the right middle lobe in the course of 27 months. Bronchoscopy disclosed concentric narrowing of the middle lobe bronchus by leukaemic infiltration.

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