Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis That Formed a Fungus Ball with 8-years Duration
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Pulmonary neoplasia mimicking fungus ball
1. Hospital Santa Catarina de Blumenau, Blumenau, SC, Brazil. Mailing Address: Dr. Maurício Fabro. Rua Tobias Barreto, 266, ap. 304, Vila Nova. Blumenau, SC, Brazil, 89035-070. E-mail: [email protected]. There is no defined treatment for PVT, and possible treatment strategies include use of anticoagulant drugs, NSAIDs, elastic socks and rest. However, the different therapies have shown ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.141