ArticleThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2009
Computed tomographic scan evaluation of pulmonary blastomycosis.
Article in The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- A rare case of miliary blastomycosis.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2025Article
- Examining Miliary Disease Etiology in aJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Gilchrist's Hollow Lung.Cureus · 2023Article
- Blastomycosis: A Review of Mycological and Clinical Aspects.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Chest Imaging in Systemic Endemic Mycoses.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Pulmonary Blastomycosis: A case series and review of unique radiological findings.Medical mycology case reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundBlastomycosis is an uncommon granulomatous pulmonary and extrapulmonary infectious disease caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. Diagnosis may be delayed or difficult because of varied presentation. The characteristics of blastomycosis on computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest are not well characterized.
methodsThe images from 34 chest CT scans from patients with confirmed pulmonary blastomycosis were retrospectively reviewed.
resultsThe most common CT findings were air bronchograms in 22 patients (65%), consolidation in 21 patients (62%), nodules (smaller than 3 cm) in 21 patients (62%) and lymph node enlargement (mediastinal and hilar nodes combined) in 12 patients (35%). Only four patients (12%) had a miliary pattern.
conclusionsA specific abnormality characteristic of pulmonary blastomycosis was not identified on CT scanning. The diagnosis can only be made in the context of a high index of clinical suspicion with histological or culture confirmation.
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