Nihon Kyōbu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi
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Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi · Feb 1989
Case Reports[A case of primary pulmonary sporotrichosis].
We report the first case of primary pulmonary sporotrichosis in Japan. A 53-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for further examination of the abnormal shadows on chest X-ray film. Six months before admission, he was admitted to another hospital because of alcoholic liver disease and diabetes mellitus. ⋯ Now he receives miconazole intravenously and is still under careful observation. As far as we know, this is the first report of primary pulmonary sporotrichosis in Japan. The possibility of sporotrichosis should be considered in any cases of undiagnosed cavitary lung diseases.