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ArticleMedical mycology case reports2025

Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis presenting as a fungal ball mimicking aspergilloma.

Rik van den Biggelaar, Tristan Couwenbergh, Alexander C A P Leenders, C A van der Sloot, Henrich van der Lee, Jochem B Buil

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Article in Medical mycology case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Rik van den BiggelaarDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Tristan CouwenberghDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Alexander C A P LeendersDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
C A van der SlootDepartment of Pulmonary Diseases, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
Henrich van der LeeDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Jochem B BuilDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 49-year old female, known to have had an asymptomatic pulmonary cavity since 2015, presented in 2023 with hemoptysis. Radiology showed a mass suspected to be an aspergilloma. Due to persistent hemoptysis, lobectomy was performed. Pathological examination revealed fungal hyphae, and the cultured fungus was identified as a Coccidioides species by LSU sequencing. Microscopy, culture, and ITS sequencing at the national reference center confirmed the identification of Coccidioides posadasii. The patient's last visit to an endemic region was 13 years before the symptomatic disease.

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CoccidioidomycosisFungal ballMycetomapulmonary cavitation

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PMID39790374
PMCPMC11713474

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