05-21-2009, 10:33 AM
A Brazilian immigrant is hired at a meat-packing plant, and undergoes an employment physical. Chest xray
demonstrates a patchy, bilateral pneumonia and a lung mass, and he is referred to a specialist. Biopsy
of the
mass demonstrates fungal organisms with a few very distinctive "pilot's wheel" yeast forms. Which of
the following
is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Blastomycosis
B. Coccidioidomycosis
C. Histoplasmosis
D. Paracoccidioidomycosis
E. Sporotrichosis
demonstrates a patchy, bilateral pneumonia and a lung mass, and he is referred to a specialist. Biopsy
of the
mass demonstrates fungal organisms with a few very distinctive "pilot's wheel" yeast forms. Which of
the following
is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Blastomycosis
B. Coccidioidomycosis
C. Histoplasmosis
D. Paracoccidioidomycosis
E. Sporotrichosis