Case Report:A case study of imported pulmonary coccidioidomycosis  

作　　者：Zheng-yang WANG Sheng-lan WEN Ke-jing YING 

机构地区：[1]Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China

出　　处：《Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B(Biomedicine & Biotechnology)》2011年第4期298-302,共5页浙江大学学报（英文版）B辑（生物医学与生物技术）

摘　　要：Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic disease of the Western hemisphere.The cases in non-endemic areas are mostly imported.Determining a history of exposure is critical for performing the diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis,especially for cases occurring in a non-endemic area.In this study,a 71-year-old Chinese male presented to our hospital with chronic cough and malaise,and was found to have a mass in the middle lobe of right lung.He had been visiting Arizona,USA for four months before admission.Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis was confirmed by the results of histopathological examination after lobectomy.Typical microscopic features of Coccidioides are definitely diagnostic,but need be differentiated from other budding yeast infection or carcinoma histopathologically.Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic disease of the Western hemisphere.The cases in non-endemic areas are mostly imported.Determining a history of exposure is critical for performing the diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis,especially for cases occurring in a non-endemic area.In this study,a 71-year-old Chinese male presented to our hospital with chronic cough and malaise,and was found to have a mass in the middle lobe of right lung.He had been visiting Arizona,USA for four months before admission.Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis was confirmed by the results of histopathological examination after lobectomy.Typical microscopic features of Coccidioides are definitely diagnostic,but need be differentiated from other budding yeast infection or carcinoma histopathologically.

关 键 词：COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS Imported disease Pulmonary fungal infection Endemic disease 

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