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Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation
Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection that typically presents as a pulmonary infection. Systemic involvement of blastomycosis from the lungs commonly occurs in the skin and bones. Tracheal involvement is an unusual presentation of blastomycosis, which makes it a formidable diagnostic challenge. W...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9789919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36579228 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31869 |
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author | Rimawi, Ahmad Amireh, Karim Crabtree, Traves Robinson, Robert |
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description | Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection that typically presents as a pulmonary infection. Systemic involvement of blastomycosis from the lungs commonly occurs in the skin and bones. Tracheal involvement is an unusual presentation of blastomycosis, which makes it a formidable diagnostic challenge. We herein report an unusual case of an 85-year-old man presenting with tracheal blastomycosis presenting as a primary tracheal tumor. We also highlight the challenges that were faced in the diagnosis of such an uncommon presentation. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the third occurrence of blastomycosis with tracheal involvement. |
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spelling | pubmed-97899192022-12-27 Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation Rimawi, Ahmad Amireh, Karim Crabtree, Traves Robinson, Robert Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection that typically presents as a pulmonary infection. Systemic involvement of blastomycosis from the lungs commonly occurs in the skin and bones. Tracheal involvement is an unusual presentation of blastomycosis, which makes it a formidable diagnostic challenge. We herein report an unusual case of an 85-year-old man presenting with tracheal blastomycosis presenting as a primary tracheal tumor. We also highlight the challenges that were faced in the diagnosis of such an uncommon presentation. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the third occurrence of blastomycosis with tracheal involvement. Cureus 2022-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9789919/ /pubmed/36579228 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31869 Text en Copyright © 2022, Rimawi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Rimawi, Ahmad Amireh, Karim Crabtree, Traves Robinson, Robert Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation |
title | Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation |
title_full | Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation |
title_fullStr | Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation |
title_full_unstemmed | Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation |
title_short | Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation |
title_sort | blastomycosis presenting as a primary tracheal tumor: a rare presentation |
topic | Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9789919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36579228 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31869 |
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