In patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), low-dose CT achieved higher sensitivity than chest x-ray for detecting lung metastases and second primary lung cancer, but patients ...

An additional CT scan, this time of his chest ... affiliated in any way but were from the same area — were diagnosed with a rare fungal lung infection called histoplasmosis. This condition occurs when ...

"For patients with weakened immune systems, lung infections can be life threatening," said lead study author Maximiliano Klug ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that histoplasmosis is a lung infection ... and additional assessments like chest X-rays, CT scans, or analysis of lung fluids may be ...