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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-3 | Issue-03
A Case of Round Pneumonia in an Elderly Adult Mimicking Bronchogenic Carcinoma
Nalini Ghanate, A Sathya Prasad, S Venkateswarlu, V Subbarao, Vijay Kumar
Published: March 30, 2015 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2015.v03i03.017
Pages: 237-238
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Abstract
Round pneumonia or spherical pneumonia is a type of pneumonia usually only seen in paediatric patients,
uncommon in adults. We report a case of round pneumonia in an elderly female presenting as solitary non homogeneous
coin lesion. With treatment, complete radiological clearance was achieved in five days