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Images in Thorax
Pulmonary granulomas: give it a whorl
  1. Li-Ta Keng1,
  2. Wei-Yung Lo1,
  3. Hsien-Neng Huang2,
  4. Huan-Jang Ko3,
  5. Sheng-Kai Liang1
  1. 1 Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan
  2. 2 Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan
  3. 3 Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sheng-Kai Liang, Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu 30059, Taiwan; paukai1111{at}yahoo.com.tw

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216506

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors L-TK and W-YL: drafting the manuscript. H-NH and H-JK: image preparation. S-KL: revising the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.