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. 1990 Nov;45(11):905–906. doi: 10.1136/thx.45.11.905

Eosinophilic granuloma of the lung presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule.

C J Fichtenbaum 1, G M Kleinman 1, R G Haddad 1
PMCID: PMC462795  PMID: 2256026

Abstract

A symptomless 58 year old man had an eosinophilic granuloma of the lung that presented as a solitary pulmonary nodule rather than the usual diffuse reticulonodular shadow on the chest radiograph. Only one previous case presenting in this way has been described.

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