Granulomatous Pneumocystis jirovecii mimics pulmonary metastasis in rectal cancer

Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2021 Jan;37(1):74-75. doi: 10.1002/kjm2.12312. Epub 2020 Oct 15.

Authors

Shuo-Ying Dai¹, Chun-Ting Chiang², Po-Chuan Chen³, Ying-Yuan Chen¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Division of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
³ Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.

PMID: 33058528
DOI: 10.1002/kjm2.12312

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Granuloma / complications*
Granuloma / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
Male
Pneumocystis carinii / physiology*
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / complications*
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnostic imaging
Rectal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Rectal Neoplasms / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed