Disseminated Nocardia Farcinica Pneumonia with Left Adrenal Gland Abscess

Adrenal masses pose a diagnostic challenge. The differential diagnosis includes functional adrenal tumors, incidentally found adrenal masses, metastases from an unknown primary cancer, and abscesses. Infrequently, adrenal gland abscesses have been reported in disseminated nocardiosis affecting immun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jackson, Christopher, McCullar, Brennan, Joglekar, Kiran, Seth, Ankur, Pokharna, Hiren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5429156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28507832
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1160
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Sumario:Adrenal masses pose a diagnostic challenge. The differential diagnosis includes functional adrenal tumors, incidentally found adrenal masses, metastases from an unknown primary cancer, and abscesses. Infrequently, adrenal gland abscesses have been reported in disseminated nocardiosis affecting immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. We report a case of disseminated Nocardia farcinica pneumonia with an adrenal gland abscess in an immunocompetent patient with no identified risk factors for nocardiosis. 

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