A 75-year-old man with chest pain, hemoptysis, and a pulmonary lesion
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A 75-year-old man was admitted to a hospital with left-sided chest pain and a history of coughing up blood. A CT scan done prior to hospitalization revealed a mass in his left lung. Examination with a bronchoscope revealed the mass and determined it as the site of bleeding. He was initially diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer. However, after removing part of the lung involved, surgeons discovered a small piece of a plant in the tissue. The patient revealed that he often chewed sprigs of the arborvitae tree while golfing. He recalled aspirating the sprig, but thought it would be eliminated naturally.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1997
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A 34-year-old woman with one cystic lesion in each lung
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A 34-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital with a chronic cough, and coughing up blood. A chest X-ray showed a large mass in her right lung and a smaller one in her left lung. A CT scan revealed fluid in the masses, indicating that they were cysts and not tumors. She had traveled extensively throughout the US and other countries and had been exposed to bat droppings around a cave in New Mexico. A blood test showed that she had been exposed to a parasite called Echinococcus. She was treated with the drug albendazole and her right lower lung was removed.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1999
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