Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis
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Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by inhalation of Coccidioides immitis.[1]: 314 Once pulmonary symptoms subside, about 30% of women and 15% of men will have allergic skin manifestations in the form of erythema nodosum.[1]: 314 A coccidioidoma is a benign localized residual granulomatous lesion or scar that can remain in the lung's tissues following primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.[2]
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Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis | |
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Coccidioidomycosis in lung, endospores in spherule. | |
Specialty | Infectious diseases |
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