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Pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor caused by Cryptococcus presenting multiple nodules in bilateral lungs

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The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology

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By now there are a few reports describing a case of pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor, presenting multiple nodules in bilateral lungs and a pseudotumor caused by fungus infection is also a very rare disease. Here we report a rare case of pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor with confirmed cause by Cryptococcus infection presenting multiple nodules in bilateral lungs.

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  1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China

    Ligang Liu, Tiecheng Pan, Xiang Wei, Jun Li, Tao Chen & Zhi Zheng

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Liu, L., Pan, T., Wei, X. et al. Pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor caused by Cryptococcus presenting multiple nodules in bilateral lungs. Chinese German J Clin Oncol 5, 460–462 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10330-006-0504-z

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