First Report ofNocardia asiaticaPresenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature | Zendy

Rima El-Herte | Zendy; Souha S. Kanj | Zendy; George F. Araj | Zendy; Hassan Chami | Zendy; Walid Gharzuddine | Zendy

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First Report ofNocardia asiaticaPresenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Rima El-Herte,

Souha S. Kanj,

George F. Araj,

Hassan Chami,

Walid Gharzuddine

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6625

pISSN - 2090-6633

DOI - 10.1155/2012/325767

Subject(s) - nocardia , medicine , myasthenia gravis , presentation (obstetrics) , mediastinal mass , lung , dermatology , surgery , genetics , bacteria , biology

The spectrum of infections with Nocardia spp . is heterogeneous. It has classically been associated with lung, brain, or skin involvement. We describe an unusual presentation of Nocardia asiatica (N. asiatica) in an Iraqi patient with myasthenia gravis suffering from a disseminated infection and presenting with an anterior mediastinal cystic mass. N. asiatica has only been three times described outside Japan and Thailand, and the rarity of this entity deserves this communication.

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