Tuberc Respir Dis.
2004 Jul;57(1):61-65.
A Case of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Patient with Cushing's Disease
- Affiliations
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- 1Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. shimts@amc.seoul.kr
Abstract
- Even though nocardiosis is one of opportunistic infections, and can occur in Cushing's syndrome, it rarely occurs in patients with Cushing's disease. Herein, a case with Cushing's disease in whom nocardiosis had manifested as a pulmonary lesion, which after percutaneous needle aspiration, empyema and a breast abscess were also noted.
