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- W1968500859 abstract "Coccidioidomycosis is endemic in the southwestern United States, resulting in 100,000 infections annually. The majority of these infections are asymptomatic or manifest as community-acquired pneumonia. In rare cases, patients can present with a mononuclear-cell predominant pyopneumothorax. The presence of spherules in tissue specimens is pathognomonic of this condition. A 72-year-old man born in Arizona with a heavy smoking history, presented with a 1-month history of weakness, night sweats, exertional dyspnea, and left pleuritic chest pain. The physical examination was remarkable for decreased breath sounds and dullness to percussion at the left lung base. His initial laboratory examination showed leukocytosis, eosinophilia, and elevated C-reactive protein. Computed tomography of the chest revealed a left lower lobe infiltrate, a cavity with air-crescent sign and hydropneumothorax. The pleural fluid was sampled and revealed an eosinophilic exudate with normal pH. Bacterial and fungal cultures of the pleural fluid were negative. Biopsy of the cavity wall showed chronic inflammation, fungal hyphae, and rare spherule-like structures. The surgical specimen culture grew Coccidioides immitis. Complement fixation for coccidioidomycosis performed on a serum sample was positive at a titer of 1:2 but a latex agglutinin test was negative. The patient was diagnosed with chronic fibrocavitary pneumonia with pyopneumothorax secondary to C. immitis infection and discharged on itraconazole for 1 year. Coccidioidomycosis can present in a variety of forms and should be part of the differential diagnosis in patients presenting with cavitation, air-crescent sign, eosinophilic pleural effusion, and hyphae and spherules on the tissue specimen. Chronic fibrocavitary pneumonia should be especially considered in patients who lived in endemic areas and have risk factors such as diabetes mellitus or pulmonary fibrosis related to smoking." @default.
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- W1968500859 title "Spherules, Hyphae, and Air-Crescent Sign" @default.
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