title: [Pulmonary nocardiosis as a cause of radiographic imaging of multiple pulmonary nodules].
abstract: Lung nocardiosis is a rare disease affecting patients with lymphoreticular neoplasm, immunodeficiency or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; it can also affect patients who have received transplants. We report a case of lung nocardiosis in which radiographic presentation was acute, with a pattern of multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules ("cannonballs"), requiring us to rule out metastatic disease to arrive at a diagnosis. The patient responded slowly to antibiotic treatment until full resolution.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neumología, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, LLeida.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pifarré
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Teixidó
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vilá
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morera
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009616:Nocardia asteroides; D011859:Radiography