COCCIDIOIDAL SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
Authors: L HYDE, D C HOLMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 December 1957COCCIDIOIDAL SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAXLEROY HYDE, M.D., F.A.C.P., DOUGLAS C. HOLMAN, M.D.LEROY HYDE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, DOUGLAS C. HOLMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-6-1234 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONAs coccidioidal spontaneous pneumothorax is quite rare, the following case is being reported.CASE REPORTA 31 year old white male cement finisher entered the hospital January 3, 1956, because of progressively increasing cough over the previous year, productive of a small amount of white to yellow sputum without hemoptysis. In November, 1955, the patient had sought medical attention because of nocturnal cough, and a roentgenogram of the chest revealed a "milky spot." Tuberculin and coccidioidin skin tests were said to be negative at this time. Hospitalization was recommended but refused by the patient. On admission the patient complained...Bibliography1. Smith CE: Recent progress in pulmonary mycotic infections, California Med. 67: 179, 1947. Google Scholar2. SchwarzMuth JJ: Coccidioidomycosis: a review, Am. J. M. Sc. 221: 89, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. HydePokornyHyde LCB: Coccidioidomycosis, Postgrad. Med. 14: 306, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. BaumSchwarz GLJ: Coccidioidomycosis: a review, Am. J. M. Sc. 230: 82, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Winn WA, in Diseases of the chest, by Hinshaw, H. C., and Garland, L. H., 1956, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 607. Google Scholar6. SmithBeardSaito CERRMT: Pathogenesis of coccidioidomycosis with special reference to pulmonary cavitation, Ann. Int. Med. 29: 623, 1948. LinkGoogle Scholar7. WillettWeiss FMA: Coccidioidomycosis in Southern California: report of a new endemic area with a review of 100 cases, Ann. Int. Med. 23: 349, 1945. LinkGoogle Scholar8. Birsner JW: The roentgen aspects of 500 cases of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, Am. J. Roentgenol. 72: 556, 1954. Google Scholar9. Winn WA: Pulmonary mycoses—coccidioidomycosis and pulmonary cavitation, Arch. Int. Med. 87: 541, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. MooreMurphyWard JAJDDE: Lobectomy in coccidioidomycosis: report of 2 cases, J. Thoracic Surg. 18: 484, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. GreerForseeMahon SJJHHW: The surgical management of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in focalized lesions, J. Thoracic Surg. 18: 591, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. CottonBirsner BHJW: Surgical treatment in pulmonary coccidioidomycosis: preliminary report of 30 cases, J. Thoracic Surg. 20: 429, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. ForseePerkins JHRB: Focalized pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, J. A. M. A. 155: 1223, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. BerkeSchomerBass RAHE: Residual cavities in pulmonary coccidioidomycosis: follow-up studies, Dis. of Chest 17: 84, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Puckett TF: Hyphae of Coccidioides immitis in tissues of the human host, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 70: 320, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar16. Owen GC: Late residuals of primary coccidioidomycosis, V. A. Technical Bulletin TB 10-48, December 29, 1948. Google Scholar17. KrapinLovelock DFJ: Recurrence of coccidioidal cavities following lobectomy for a bleeding focus, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 58: 282, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar18. Hyde L: Recurrence of coccidioidal cavity following resectional surgery, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 71: 131, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Long Beach, California*Received for publication July 10, 1956.From the Pulmonary Disease Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, California, and the Department of Medicine, U.C.L.A. School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Leroy Hyde, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach 4, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited by2016 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of CoccidioidomycosisUnusual Presentations of CoccidioidomycosisUnusual Case of Pyopneumothorax in TennesseePulmonary CoccidioidomycosisOperative management of chronic coccidioidomycosisCoccidioidal pulmonary cavitation 1 December 1957Volume 47, Issue 6Page: 1234-1242KeywordsCoccidioidesCoccidioidomycosisHospital medicineHospitalizationsPulmonary diseasesSkin testsSputumThoraxTuberculin ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...