Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 226-230 , May 2010

Idiopathic lymphocytic pleuritis: radiographic and high-resolution CT appearances and changes in response to therapy in two adults

  • David H. O’ Donnell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. St. Vincent's University hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland. Tel.: +353 87 2987313; fax: +353 1 2694533.
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  • Sine Phelan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
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  • Walter McNicholas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
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  • Charles G. Gallagher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
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  • Thomas Crotty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
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  • Jonathan D. Dodd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland

Received 25 September 2008 ,Revised 5 June 2009 ,Accepted 21 July 2009.

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PII: S0899-7071(09)00260-5

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.07.007

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 226-230 , May 2010

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