An interesting localization of fungus ball: Paratracheal aspergilloma.
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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 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2587-0998
DOI: 10.14744/scie.2018.35744