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Case Reports
. 2006 Jan-Mar;48(1):59-62.

Coccidioidomycosis presenting as a massive pleural effusion in a postpartum woman

Louis Hamer  1 , James Castillo
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  • PMID: 16482953
Case Reports

Coccidioidomycosis presenting as a massive pleural effusion in a postpartum woman

Louis Hamer et al. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2006 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

A 33-year-old, postpartum woman presented with a massive, left pleural effusion following a self-limiting course of erythema nodosum. Pleural biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis. This is the first reported case in the literature of coccidioidomycosis related to pregnancy, presenting as a massive pleural effusion.

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