Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis | |
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Specialty | Infectious disease |
Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by inhalation of Coccidioides immitis. [1]: 314 Once pulmonary symptoms subside, about 30% of women and 15% of men will have allergic skin manifestations in the form of erythema nodosum. [1]: 314 A coccidioidoma is a benign localized residual granulomatous lesion or scar that can remain in the lung's tissues following primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. [2]