Cavitary pulmonary metastases and aspergillosis: an autopsy case.
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A 54-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to exertional dyspnea. Chest radiography and CT revealed a large, thick-walled cavitary mass and a hydropneumothorax in the right lung in addition to a right hilar tumor and multiple small, thin-walled cavitary nodules (Picture 1). A transbronchial direct vision biopsy of the stenotic lesion of the right bronchus truncus intermedius revealed squamous cell carcinoma. The pleural effusion yielded Aspergillus fumiga-
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Internal medicine
دوره 52 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013