Ranke complex

Ranke complex

(ran'kĕ),

combination of a healed and calcified peripheral lung lesion with a calcified lymph node, due to previous infection from tuberculosis or histoplasmosis.

Synonym(s): primary complex

Ranke,

Karl E. von, German chemist, 1870-1926.

Ranke complex

Ranke formula - for determining the amount of albumin in serous fluid.

Ranke stage