Cavitating pulmonary nodules growing in a favourable medium

Thorax. 2013 Nov;68(11):1078, 1082. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203663. Epub 2013 May 18.

Authors

Cristiano Carbonelli¹, Francesca Prati, Edoardo Carretto, Alberto Cavazza, Lucia Spaggiari, Giacomo Magnani

Affiliation

¹ Pulmonology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera ASMN, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, , Reggio Emilia, Italy.

PMID: 23687074
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203663

No abstract available

Keywords: Bronchoscopy; GM-CSF autoantibody; Imaging/CT MRI etc; Opportunist lung infections; Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Biopsy
Bronchoscopy
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Nocardia / isolation & purification*
Nocardia Infections / complications
Nocardia Infections / diagnosis*
Nocardia Infections / microbiology
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed