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Bilateral pulmonary nodular amyloidosis: A case report and review of the literature
Tapan Bhavsar, Yajue Huang, Susan Inniss, Rebecca Thomas, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140, United States
Colleen Gaughan, Department of Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140, United States
Author contributions: Bhavsar T conceived the case report, acquired the patient data, searched the literature, and drafted the manuscript; Huang Y performed and evaluated the fine-needle aspiration cytology, helped with the special staining and polarization of the tissue samples, and made revisions to the manuscript; Gaughan C operated on the patient, and made revisions to the manuscript; Inniss S helped with the gross examination, performed the histopathological evaluation of the specimen, and made revisions to the manuscript; Thomas R performed the intraoperative evaluation of the specimen, helped with the gross examination, and made critical revisions to the manuscript; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to: Tapan Bhavsar, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple University Hospital, 3401 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140, United States. tapan.bhavsar@tuhs.temple.edu
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Received: January 8, 2011
Revised: March 30, 2012
Accepted: April 18, 2012
Published online: April 28, 2012
Revised: March 30, 2012
Accepted: April 18, 2012
Published online: April 28, 2012
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