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Case Reports
. 2022 Jan 6;4(2):100154.
doi: 10.1016/j.opresp.2021.100154. eCollection 2022 Apr-Jun.

Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Mimicking Lung Cancer

Simeon Eremiev  1 , David Espejo  2 , Maria Florencia Pilia  2 , Abiu Sempere  1 , María Teresa Martín-Gómez  3 , Iñigo Ojanguren  2   4   5 , Isabel Ruiz  1
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Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Mimicking Lung Cancer

Simeon Eremiev et al. Open Respir Arch. .
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(A, B) Chest CT scan showing lower right lobe opacities; (C) Positron emission tomography showing hypermetabolic opacities in the lower right lobe.
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