Acta Med. 2011, 54: 45-48

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.17

Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia with Subpleural Curvilinear Shadow

Katsunori Kagohashia, Gen Oharaa, Koichi Kurishimab, Mio Kawaguchib, Hidetsugu Nakayamac, Hiroichi Ishikawad, Hiroaki Satoha

aDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mito Medical Center, University of Tsukuba, Japan
bDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
cDepartment of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, Japan
dDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Japan

Received April 16, 2010
Accepted December 10, 2010

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