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Pulmonary caseating granulomas associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
- Source :
- Southern medical journal. 76(11)
- Publication Year :
- 1983
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Abstract
- Severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia, complicated by autoimmune hemolytic anemia, monarticular arthritis, and persistent upper lobe consolidation, clinically simulating pulmonary tuberculosis, occurred in a young girl. A specimen taken at open lung biopsy grew Mycoplasma pneumoniae and microscopically showed caseating granulomas, a finding never previously associated with M pneumoniae infection. Although it is possible that another infectious or immunologic granulomatous lung disease may have been responsible for the unusual clinical, roentgenographic, and pathologic findings, no other etiologic agent was identified.
- Subjects :
- Lung Diseases
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Granuloma
business.industry
Arthritis
Caseins
Caseating granulomas
General Medicine
medicine.disease
medicine.disease_cause
respiratory tract diseases
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma
M. pneumoniae
medicine
Humans
Female
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Granulomatous lung disease
business
Child
Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00384348
- Volume :
- 76
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Southern medical journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cbb9107674ff81c8ebb8d6b9faef9518