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Isolated nocardial brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient with lung adenocarcinoma: A case report
Brain metastases are common in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and can often be the presenting symptom. However, it is important to consider other etiologies for brain masses even in patients with a malignancy with a propensity to metastasize. We discuss the case of a 60 year-old immunocompetent...
Autores principales: | Hundal, Jasmin, Nagaraj, Anagha, Alekshun, Todd |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8463768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34603961 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01266 |
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