Medical image of the week: fungus ball

Medical image of the week: fungus ball

No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. A 69 year-old Asian woman living in Arizona with a past medical history of nephrotic syndrome on high-dose steroids had worsening pulmonary symptoms. A computed tomography (CT) of the chest (Figure 1) showed a 4.7 cm thin walled cavitary lesion...

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Main Authors: Rosen S, Barker B, Larsen B, Poojary I
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2015-04-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Subjects:
fungus ball
mycetoma
CT scan
histology
Valley fever
coccidioidomycosis
treatment
surgical resection
surgical pathology
mycelia
Online Access:http://www.swjpcc.com/imaging/2015/4/8/medical-image-of-the-week-fungus-ball.html

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