title: Cytodiagnostic pitfalls in pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.
abstract: Two cases of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis which were initially misdiagnosed as carcinoma in cytologic examinations of material obtained by bronchoscopy or fine-needle aspiration are reported. The cytodiagnostic pitfalls of misinterpreting reactive bronchial epithelial cells as carcinoma cells and of failing to recognize fungal organisms are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, CA, USA.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003045:Coccidioides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis