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Presentation of Case

A 46-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of a mass in the lower lobe of the left lung.

The patient had been in excellent health until 15 weeks earlier, when he was in Florida visiting his father, who had an upper respiratory tract infection. The patient soon became febrile, with a cough productive of bloody sputum and mild exertional dyspnea. X-ray films of the chest 10 days after the onset of symptoms showed an ill-defined mass in the left lower lobe, and antibiotics were given, with complete resolution of symptoms. Twenty-seven days later radiographs of the chest obtained . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnoses

Dr. Barbara A. Cockrill's Diagnoses

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnosis

References

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