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ArticleIDCases2026

Disseminated nocardiosis mimicking metastatic malignancy in a patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis.

Matthew A Moffa, Thomas L Walsh, Whitney Rich, Andrea Snitchler, Nathan R Shively

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Article in IDCases, 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Matthew A MoffaMedicine Institute and Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Thomas L WalshMedicine Institute and Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Whitney RichDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Andrea SnitchlerDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Nathan R ShivelyMedicine Institute and Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 51-year-old man with alcoholic liver cirrhosis presented with a lung mass and innumerable ring-enhancing brain lesions, initially diagnosed and treated as metastatic malignancy. Autopsy ultimately revealed disseminated nocardiosis, underscoring the importance of early tissue biopsy with modified acid-fast staining and microbiologic cultures when evaluating multisystem lesions in immunocompromised patients.

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Diagnostic mimicLiver cirrhosisMetastatic malignancyNocardia

Identifiers

PMID42780233
PMCPMC13597188

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