Solitary Pulmonary Nodule Due to Mycobacterium kansasii
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Solitary pulmonary nodule due to Mycobacterium kansasii.
A 46-year-old man with no past history of underlying disease was admitted to our hospital for examination of abnormal chest shadow on chest radiograph. He had no respiratory symptoms on admission. Chest radiograph showed a solitary nodule (35 × 20 mm) in the left upper lung field. On chest CT, this nodule in the left upper lobe (S(1+2)) did not demonstrate calcification, the margin was clear bu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4958