Primary pulmonary amebic abscess in a patient with pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a case report

• Main Authors: Yuan-Yuan Liu (Author), Yue Ying (Author), Chong Chen (Author), Yue-Kai Hu (Author), Fei-Fei Yang (Author), Ling-Yun Shao (Author), Xun-Jia Cheng (Author), Yu-Xian Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Primary pulmonary amoeba is very rare and here we report a case of a 68-year-old man presenting with primary pulmonary amoeba after undergoing chemotherapy for lung adenocarcinoma. Case presentation In October 2016, the man aged 68 was admitted to our hospital because of repeated...