Pulmonary nocardiosis mimicking small cell lung cancer in ectopic ACTH syndrome associated with transformation of olfactory neuroblastoma: a case report

Pulmonary nocardiosis mimicking small cell lung cancer in ectopic ACTH syndrome associated with transformation of olfactory neuroblastoma: a case report

Abstract Background Pulmonary nocardiosis frequently develops as an opportunistic infection in cell-mediated immunosuppressive patients, and sometimes requires differentiation from pulmonary malignancy. Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome (EAS) is a neoplastic disorder which leads to...

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Main Authors: Keigo Kobayashi, Takanori Asakura, Makoto Ishii, Soichiro Ueda, Hidehiro Irie, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Kohei Saitoh, Isao Kurihara, Hiroshi Itoh, Tomoko Betsuyaku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome
Olfactory neuroblastoma
Pulmonary nocardiosis
Small cell lung cancer
Transformation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0710-9

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