Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.1999.40.4.717
- Author:
Yong Soo CHO
1
;
Jin Seong LEE
;
Hyee Young KIM
;
Koun Sik SONG
;
Kwang Hyun SOHN
;
Tae Hwan LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung, infection;
Lung, nodule;
Lung, granuloma;
Coccidioidomycosis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Arizona;
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Coccidioidomycosis*;
Female;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms;
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1999;40(4):717-719
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
