A Case of pulmonary aspergilloma (fungus ball)

A Rare Case of Intracavitary Fungus Ball (Aspergilloma) in the Old Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Introduction: Pulmonary fungus ball is a rare complication in pre-existing pulmonary cavitary lesions, due to some chronic pulmonary diseases including tuberculosis, lung abscess and sarcoidosis. Fungus ball is mostly caused by aspergillus. In many patients, fungus ball is asymptomatic, but in a significant number of them it can develop cough and hemoptysis, which may be massive and fatal. The ...

pulmonary tumors of fungus origin-report of a case of aspergilloma

patients with pulmonary cavities are usually exposed to other pulmonary infections, especially of fungus origin, such as asnprgillosis and coccidiomycosis. they are manifested by the formation of fungus ball in these cavities, which is completely resistant to anti-fungal therapy. in these circumstance the best method of treatment is removing of the ball by surgery, in this paper a case of pulmo...

Pulmonary neoplasia mimicking fungus ball

1. Hospital Santa Catarina de Blumenau, Blumenau, SC, Brazil. Mailing Address: Dr. Maurício Fabro. Rua Tobias Barreto, 266, ap. 304, Vila Nova. Blumenau, SC, Brazil, 89035-070. E-mail: [email protected]. There is no defined treatment for PVT, and possible treatment strategies include use of anticoagulant drugs, NSAIDs, elastic socks and rest. However, the different therapies have shown ...

Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Aspergilloma

Introduction: Surgical approaches for the management of pulmonary aspergilloma have been accompanied with high levels of morbidity and mortality. However, these therapeutic options are still favored over other approaches for the treatment of Pulmonary Aspergilloma. In this study, we aimed to describe the characteristics of 30 patients with aspergilloma who referred to  Ghaem hospital between 20...

Pulmonary aspergilloma.