Pulmonary Blastomycosis Masquerading as Metastatic Disease in the Lung: A Case Report

Bobbak Vahid, MD; Bernadette Wildemore, MD; Christopher Nguyen, MD; Niki Sistrun, MD; Paul E. Marik, MD

January 31, 2006

Abstract

We report a case of pulmonary blastomycosis appearing as metastatic laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Pulmonary blastomycosis was discovered as right lower lobe subpleural activity consistent with metastatic disease on a positron emission tomographic (PET) scan following total laryngectomy and bilateral neck dissection for locally invasive laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. A computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest showed a right lower lobe, subpleural pulmonary nodule. CT-guided fine-needle aspiration of the nodule revealed broad-based budding yeast consistent with blastomycosis. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a PET-positive pulmonary blastomycosis lesion mimicking pulmonary malignancy reported in the literature.

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Pulmonary Blastomycosis Masquerading as Metastatic Disease in the Lung: A Case Report

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