Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Humans
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Lung / diagnostic imaging
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Male
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Nocardia Infections / complications*
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Nocardia Infections / diagnostic imaging
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Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging
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Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic / microbiology
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Pericarditis / diagnostic imaging
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Pericarditis / microbiology
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Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
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Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*
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Radiography
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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / microbiology*