Medicine:Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis
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| Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis | |
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| Specialty | Infectious disease |
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]
See also
- Coccidioidomycosis
- List of cutaneous conditions
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 James, William D. et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.
- ↑ "Coccidioidoma". Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/coccidioidoma?qsrc=2446.
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