[Mycetoma-forming pulmonary nocardiosis and endobronchial polypoid lesion]

Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi. 1997 Aug;35(8):878-82.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 46-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for evaluation of a dense infiltrative shadow in the right middle lung field. Bronchoscopic examination revealed a polypoid lesion in the right middle-lobe bronchus (Bb11(5)). Examination of a biopsy specimen showed a lump with many Nocardia asteroides bacteria. The response to chemotherapy, which included sulfomethoxazole, was poor, and therefore a right middle lobectomy was done. Three mycetomas were found inside the ectatic bronchi in the S5 area. Pulmonary Nocardia mycetoma is rare.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bronchi / microbiology*
  • Bronchi / pathology
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycetoma / pathology*
  • Mycetoma / surgery
  • Nocardia Infections / pathology*
  • Nocardia Infections / surgery
  • Nocardia asteroides*
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / pathology*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / surgery