Amir A. Zeki, MD

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Articles

A rare diagnosis: Endobronchial schwannoma

January 05, 2010

Endobronchial schwannomas are rare and often benign neoplasms that develop from the nerve sheath of the peripheral nervous system.

Identifying drug-induced lung injury in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

July 29, 2008

We describe a case of sulfasalazine-induced pneumonitis ina complex medical patient.This case illustrates the potentialfor drug-induced pulmonarydisease and the vigilanceneeded in evaluating patientswith subacute respiratory decompensation.Proper recognitionand treatment mostlikely prevented the progressionof acute respiratory failureand, possibly, irreversiblelung injury or death.