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Pulmonary adiaspiromycosis: report of two cases
V M dos Santos1, M C Fatureto, J C Saldanha
1Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro (FMTM), Uberaba, MG.
Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical
|November 7, 2000
Abstract:
Two cases of human pulmonary adiaspiromycosis are reported. Patients were 29 and 54-year-old males, farm workers, with "grippe-like" symptoms and radiographic findings suggestive of granulomatous interstitial disease. Transthoracoscopic and transbronchial biopsies were performed. Pulmonary function was measured by spirometry. One patient used ketoconazole. Possibility of misdiagnosed pulmonary adiaspiromycosis is emphasized.