Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis: A Case Report
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
;
: 717-719, 1999.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-6912
ABSTRACT
A 72-year-old woman was admitted due to a solitary pulmonary nodule incidentally found after routine chestradiography. Chest CT showed a solitary pulmonary nodule without calcification in the right upper lobe. Threeyears earlier, she had spent 3 months in Arizona. Surgical resection was performed after percutaneoustransthoracic fine needle aspiration had suggested malignaney. The lesion was caseous and necrotic, andhisto-logic examination indicated the presence of endosporulating spherules. We report a case ofcoccidioidomyco-sis which was resected in order to rule out lung cancer.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Arizona
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Coccidioidomycosis
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Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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Biopsy, Fine-Needle
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Lung Neoplasms
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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