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The historical Veterans Administration-Armed Forces database, recorded primarily before the advent of antifungal therapy, presents an opportunity to characterize the natural history of pulmonary CM. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 342 armed forces service members who were diagnosed with pulmonary CM at VA facilities between 1955 to 1958, followed through 1966, who did not receive antifungal therapy. Patients were grouped by predominant pulmonary finding on chest radiographs. The all-cause mortality was low for all patients (4.6%). Cavities had a median size of 3-3.9\u00a0cm (IQR: 2-2.9\u20134-4.9\u00a0cm), with heterogeneous wall thickness and no fluid level, while nodules had a median size of 1-1.19\u00a0cm (Interquartile range [IQR] 1-1.9\u20132-2.9\u00a0cm) and sharp borders. The majority of cavities were chronic (85.6%), and just under half were found incidentally. 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