Semiinvasive aspergillosis: a diagnosis to consider in a seemingly immunocompetent patient with a pulmonary nodule, haemoptysis and structural lung disease.

نویسندگان

  • Francisco José Fernández-Fernández
  • Marcelino del Castillo-Fraile
  • Maria del Mar Used-Aznar
چکیده

Semiinvasive pulmonary aspergillosis is an indolent form of pulmonary aspergillosis, which is seen mainly in patients who are mildly immunocompromised with underlying chronic lung diseases. This syndrome is rare, and the available literature is based on case reports and small case series. We describe here a patient with a semiinvasive aspergillosis associated with a probable idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Acta medica

دوره 52 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009