Abstract

MORENO, Nelson; SAAVEDRA-RODRIGUEZ, Alfredo; SANCHEZ-MORALES, Édgar Alberto  and  GARCIA-HERREROS, Plutarco. Fusariosis as solitary pulmonary nodule. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2008, vol.56, n.3, pp.257-261. ISSN 0120-0011.

Invasive fungal infections are common cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Of these the most frequents are: aspergillosis and Fusariosis, both grouped under the term Hyalohypho­mycosis. One of the organs most commonly affected is the lung. Unfortunately the clinical manifestations as cough, pain and bleeding pleuritic such are nonespecific. The chest Rx may show since alveolar infiltration, or nodular lesions until cavitaciones. This is the first report on Colombia of a single pulmonary nodule by Fusarium fungi in an immunocompetent patient.

Keywords : lung diseases; fungal; aspergillosisi allergic bronchopulmonary; coin lesion; pulmonary; hemoptysis.

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