Superior vena cava syndrome associated with Nocardia farcinica infection.
A case is described of severe Nocardia farcinica infection which mimicked a pulmonary neoplasm with pneumonia, superior vena cava syndrome, pericarditis, and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Treatment with trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole and surgery resulted in complete recovery.
Abdelkafi
S
S
Chest Service, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels School of Medicine, Belgium.
Dubail
D
D
Bosschaerts
T
T
Brunet
A
A
Van Camp
G
G
de Marneffe
M
M
De Vaster
J M
JM
Ninane
V
V
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010004:Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*