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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2026

Progressive unilobar cavitating lung disease despite medical therapy: Diagnostic limitations and definitive surgical management.

Hafiz Gulzeb Kamil, Elizabeth Finn, Shilajit Ghosh, Christos Kosmidis, Badis Al Harbawi, Mohammed Haris

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2026. 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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Hafiz Gulzeb KamilDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Elizabeth FinnDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Shilajit GhoshDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Christos KosmidisNational Aspergillosis Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Badis Al HarbawiDepartment of Radiology, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Mohammed HarisDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cavitating lung lesions are a common radiological finding with a broad differential diagnosis, including infectious, malignant and inflammatory causes. Management of infective lesion is often challenging, particularly when disease progresses despite appropriate medical therapy. We report a case of progressive, unilobar cavitating lung disease in a 59-year-old man related to

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AspergillusCavitating lung lesionLobectomyLung abscessStreptococcus constellatusThoracic surgery

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