Case report: Blastomyces dermatitidis as a cause of middle lobe syndrome.
Middle lobe syndrome is a clinical term used to describe right middle lobe atelectasis with or without bronchial compression. Fungal disease has been implicated rarely as a cause of middle lobe syndrome. This is a patient with Blastomyces dermatitidis infection who presented with right middle lobe syndrome.
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Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D001758:Blastomyces; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008878:Middle Lobe Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography