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. 2022 Apr 20;48(2):e20210048.
doi: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20210048.

Endobronchial histoplasmosis mimicking primary bronchogenic carcinoma during the COVID-19 pandemic

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Paula Duarte D'Ambrosio  1 , André Nathan Costa  2 , Paulo Rogério Scordamaglio  3 , Ricardo Mingarini Terra  1
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Endobronchial histoplasmosis mimicking primary bronchogenic carcinoma during the COVID-19 pandemic

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Paula Duarte D'Ambrosio et al. J Bras Pneumol. .
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Figure 1. Radiological and histopathological findings of the endobronchial lesion. (A) Chest CT showing a non-calcified 8-mm endobronchial fungal lesion beside the anterior segmental bronchus of the left upper lobe (arrow). (B) Endobronchial nodular lesion seen by bronchoscopy mimicking a lung carcinoid tumor. (C) Histopathological analysis with Grocott staining showing bronchial wall fragments with respiratory epithelium and alveolar prolongation with chronic granulomatous inflammatory process with central caseous necrosis and small regular yeast-like structures (black stain), suggesting Histoplasma sp. (original magnification × 20). (D) Chest CT indicating 5-mm endobronchial histoplasmosis (arrow).
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