A 60-year-old asymptomatic woman with pulmonary lesions and cervical lymphadenopathy

A 60-year-old asymptomatic woman was referred to our hospital because of an abnormal chest roentgenogram during a routine medical checkup. The patient had no history of memorable infectious diseases, except a liver abscess caused by Serratia marcescens at age 46 years. Her son was diagnosed with chr...

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Published inChest Vol. 147; no. 2; p. e48
Main Authors Yamagishi, Tomoko, Ochi, Nobuaki, Yamane, Hiromichi, Kuribayashi, Futoshi, Takigawa, Nagio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.2015
Subjects
Antifungal Agents - administration & dosage
Antigens, Fungal - analysis
Asymptomatic Infections
Comorbidity
Female
Granulomatous Disease, Chronic - epidemiology
Granulomatous Disease, Chronic - genetics
Humans
Liver Abscess
Lymph Nodes - microbiology
Lymphatic Diseases
Membrane Glycoproteins - genetics
Middle Aged
Mutation, Missense
NADPH Oxidase 2
NADPH Oxidases - genetics
Neutrophils - physiology
Pulmonary Aspergillosis - diagnosis
Pulmonary Aspergillosis - epidemiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Voriconazole - administration & dosage
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Summary:A 60-year-old asymptomatic woman was referred to our hospital because of an abnormal chest roentgenogram during a routine medical checkup. The patient had no history of memorable infectious diseases, except a liver abscess caused by Serratia marcescens at age 46 years. Her son was diagnosed with chronic granulomatous disease at the age of 1 year. She had never smoked cigarettes and drank only occasionally.
ISSN:1931-3543
DOI:10.1378/chest.14-1215