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1 Coccidioidal pericarditis: implications of surgical treatment in the elderly 
Antonio L Visbal, MD, Patrick A DeValeria, MD, Janis E Blair, MD, Matthew A Zarka, MD, Louis A Lanza, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 75, Issue 4, Pages (April 2003) DOI: /S (02)

2 Fig 1 Computed tomography scan of chest, demonstrating severe calcification surrounding and constricting the pericardium. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (02) )

3 Fig 2 Coccidioides immitis spherule (center) surrounded by acute inflammation, necrosis, macrophages, and granulation tissue (hematoxylin-eosin, ×200). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (02) )

4 Fig 3 Coccidioides immitis spherules within microabscess adjacent to myocardium (hematoxylin-eosin, ×200). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (02) )


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