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Luciani F, Fedele F, Corsonello A, et al. Pneumonia, lung cancer or Medlar's core?. Respir Med Case Rep. 2015;16:92-4doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.08.009.
Luciani, F., Fedele, F., Corsonello, A., Florio, M., De Santis, S., Guzzo, E., Perri, M., Caroleo, M. C., Cannataro, R., & Cione, E. (2015). Pneumonia, lung cancer or Medlar's core?. Respiratory medicine case reports, 1692-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.08.009
Luciani, Filippo, et al. "Pneumonia, lung cancer or Medlar's core?." Respiratory medicine case reports vol. 16 (2015): 92-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.08.009
Luciani F, Fedele F, Corsonello A, Florio M, De Santis S, Guzzo E, Perri M, Caroleo MC, Cannataro R, Cione E. Pneumonia, lung cancer or Medlar's core?. Respir Med Case Rep. 2015 Sep 03;16:92-4. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.08.009. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26744666; PMCID: PMC4681963.
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Respir Med Case Rep. 2015 Sep 03;16:92-4. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.08.009. eCollection 2015.

Pneumonia, lung cancer or Medlar's core?.

Respiratory medicine case reports

Filippo Luciani, Flavio Fedele, Andrea Corsonello, Michele Florio, Salvatore De Santis, Elena Guzzo, Mariarita Perri, Maria Cristina Caroleo, Roberto Cannataro, Erika Cione

Affiliations

  1. Infectious Diseases Unit of Annunziata Hospital, Cosenza, Italy.
  2. Bronchology Service Mariano Santo Hospital, Cosenza, Italy.
  3. Italian National Research on Aging, Cosenza, Italy.
  4. Radiology Unit of Annunziata Hospital, Cosenza, Italy.
  5. Otorhinolaryngology Unit of Annunziata Hospital, Cosenza, Italy.
  6. Department of Pharmacy and Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy.

PMID: 26744666 PMCID: PMC4681963 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.08.009

Abstract

Here, we report a case of 57-year-old previously healthy man with six-months medical history of significant chronic cough and recurring episodes of fever. Cytology, bacteria, fungi and acid fast bacilli in the sputum were negative. CT scan, initially interpreted as suspected lung cancer, detected by chest x-ray, revealed pneumonia. Bronchoscopy is frequently necessary for the diagnosis as well as the treatment as a routine practice and in this case was applied. Our patient underwent to fiberoptic rigid bronchoscopy in the right upper lobe in general anaesthesia. Unexpectedly, a vegetal FB, Medlar's core instead a tumor, was removed. After two-months follow-up the patient was found healthy without any old or other symptoms.

Keywords: Fiberoptic rigid bronchoscopy; Lung cancer; Medlar's core; Pneumonia

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