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Chryseomonas luteola: an unusual clinical infection mimicking a mediastinal malignant lymphoma

Case report

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Authors: Gaia Goteri, Gerry M Dorrestein, Ester Manso, et al

Published Date December 2010 Volume 2010:2 Pages 137 - 139
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PLMI.S13645

Gaia Goteri1, Gerry M Dorrestein2, Ester Manso3, Federica Giantomassi1, Corrado Rubini1, Antonio Zizzi1, Giovanni Pomponio4
1Department of Neurosciences, Section of Pathologic Anatomy and Histopathology, Polytechnic University of Marche-United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy; 2Diagnostic Pathology Laboratory, Dutch Research Institute for Avian and Exotic Animals (NOIVBD), Veldhoven, The Netherlands; 3Microbiology Laboratory, 4Medical Clinic, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy

Abstract: Chryseomonas luteola is an infrequent human pathogen. We describe a case of mediastinal location showing Splendore–Hoeppli phenomenon in the abscess clinically mimicking a malignant lymphoma.

Keywords: Chryseomonas luteola, mediastinal lymphoma, botryomycosis, diagnosis






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