Case report: Blastomyces dermatitidis as a cause of middle lobe syndrome

Am J Med Sci. 1996 Oct;312(4):191-3. doi: 10.1097/00000441-199610000-00008.

Abstract

Middle lobe syndrome is a clinical term used to describe right middle lobe atelectasis with or without bronchial compression. Fungal disease has been implicated rarely as a cause of middle lobe syndrome. This is a patient with Blastomyces dermatitidis infection who presented with right middle lobe syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blastomyces*
  • Blastomycosis / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Lobe Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Middle Lobe Syndrome / etiology*
  • Radiography