Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis
Medical condition
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Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by inhalation of Coccidioides immitis spores.[1]: 314 Once pulmonary symptoms subside, about 30% of women and 15% of men will have immune system-mediated skin manifestations in the form of erythema nodosum.[1]: 314 A coccidioidoma is a benign localized residual granulomatous lesion or scar that can remain in the lung's tissues following primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.[2]
| Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis | |
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| Coccidioidomycosis in lung, endospores in spherule. | |
| Specialty | Infectious diseases |