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Published on: March 17, 2014
Mucoid impaction caused by monokaryotic mycelium of Schizophyllum commune in association with bronchiectasis
Y Miyazaki1, H Sakashita, T Tanaka
1Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutou General Hospital.
Abstract:
A 51-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of fever, cough, and hemoptysis. A chest radiograph showed a partial collapse of the left upper division and infected bullae in the left upper lobe. Bronchoscopic examination showed thick mucous plugs in the left upper bronchus. The isolates of the plugs proved to be Schizophyllum commune. Neither accumulation of eosinophils nor Charcot-Leyden crystals were present in the plugs. Mild ectatic changes of the left upper bronchus had been observed 17 years previously. We describe the first case of mucoid impaction, which was independent of the immunological reactions, caused by S. commune in association with bronchiectasis.
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