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Recurrent Pleuritis with Pleural Thickening As the Manifestation of Familial Mediterranean Fever

Overview
Journal J Gen Fam Med
Specialty Public Health
Date 2020 Oct 5
PMID 33014674
Authors
Kosuke Ishizuka
Kiyoshi Shikino
Masatomi Ikusaka
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Abstract

Chest plain computed tomography revealed a high-density area along the pleura of the right lung base with pleural thickening (arrow heads).

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