Fungus colonisation of pulmonary rheumatoid nodule
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Fungus colonisation of pulmonary rheumatoid nodule.
This report describes a 69 year old woman, suffering from active rheumatoid arthritis since the age of 60 and presenting with severe dyspnoea and cough. A computed tomography scan of the chest showed multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules, sometimes cavitated, associated with reticular opacities and pleural effusion. A videothoracoscopic excision of a cavitated nodule was performed. Seven days af...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.8.636