Pulmonary mycetoma due to Coccidioides immitis.
Pulmonary mycetoma due to Coccidioides immitis has been reported on three occasions. The present case is the fourth such report occurring in a patient with widely disseminated disease. Spherules and hyphae were found in the specimen. While the active pulmonary and extra-pulmonary lesions responded well to therapy with amphotericin B, resection was required to eliminate the residual mycetoma and its attendant hemoptysis.
D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy
D000666:Amphotericin B