Surgery for Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis: A 10-Year Experience Dawn E. Jaroszewski, MD, Wissam J. Halabi, MD, Janis E. Blair, MD, Brandon J. Coakley, BS, Raymond K. Wong, PhD, CCP, James M. Parish, MD, Laszlo T. Vaszar, MD, Shimon Kusne, MD, Holenarasipur R. Vikram, MD, Paterick A. DeValeria, MD, Louis A. Lanza, MD, Francisco A. Arabia, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 88, Issue 6, Pages 1765-1772 (December 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.075 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Computed tomogram (arrow) shows a pulmonary coccidioidal cavitary lesion with effusion in an 18-year-old woman who presented with cough, fever, and shortness of breath. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 1765-1772DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.075) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Computed tomogram (arrow) shows a nodular coccidioidal lesion adherent to the pleura in a 47-year-old woman who presented with cough, fatigue, and chest pain. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 1765-1772DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.075) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Coccidioidomycosis treatment algorithm. (VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 1765-1772DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.075) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions