[Pulmonary nocardiosis as a cause of radiographic imaging of multiple pulmonary nodules].
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.
Pifarré
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Sección de Neumología, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, LLeida.
Teixidó
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B
Vilá
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M
Duran
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M
García
J M
JM
Morera
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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