title: [Lung biopsy by video-assisted thoracic surgery in patient with untreated Evans syndrome].
abstract: A 78-year-old man referred to our hospital with the chief complaints of anorexia, general malaise, rash, and weight loss. Laboratory examination revealed pancytopenia, hyperglobulinemia, generalized adenopathy, and multiple pulmonary nodules. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) was performed to diagnose pulmonary nodules. After operation, it was difficult to achieve hemostasis for a while. Finally, the patient was diagnosed as pulmonary cryptococcosis and Evans syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Homma
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doki
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Senda
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Touge
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ojima
authors.forename: Kimimasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D055613:Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted