Aspergillosis of the central nervous system is an uncommon infection, mainly occurring in immunocompromised patients. It may be presented in several forms: meningitis, mycotic aneurysms, infarcts and the tumoral form (aspergilloma). The authors report a case of a diabetic patient with cerebral aspergilloma.

Objective: To compare the outcome of surgical resection for aspergilloma between patients with post-tuberculous complex and neutropenia. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our surgical experience with pulmonary resection for aspergilloma in 30 patients. Of the 20 patients with complex aspergilloma complicating healed tuberculosis (group 1), 14 were male and six were female with an average age...

Aspergillus causes a variety of clinical syndromes in the lung including tracheobronchial aspergillosis, invasive aspergillosis, chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, and aspergilloma. Aspergilloma usually results from ingrowths of colonized Aspergillus in damaged bronchial tree, pulmonary cyst or cavities of patients with underlying lung diseases...

A 63-year-old man with a history of pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis and asthma was admitted to our hospital due to wheezing and coughing in the early morning. Chest radiography and computed tomography revealed a fungal ball in a thick-walled cavity in the right upper lobe, and consolidation with high-attenuation mucus in the left lower lobe (Picture 1, 2). In addition to Aspergillus fumiga...

BACKGROUND/AIM This retrospective study evaluated the clinical presentation, underlying lung disease, surgical indications, technique, treatment outcomes, and postoperative complications of pulmonary aspergilloma. MATERIALS AND METHODS We evaluated 77 patients who underwent pulmonary resection of an aspergilloma at Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Research and Training Hospital bet...

BACKGROUND The most adequate surgical technique for the treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma is still controversial. This study compared two groups of patients submitted to cavernostomy and pulmonary parenchyma resection. METHODS Cases of pulmonary aspergilloma operated upon between 1979 and 2010 were analyzed retrospectively. Group 1 consisted of patients submitted to cavernostomy and group 2...

INTRODUCTION Surgical management of pulmonary aspergilloma in symptomatic patients offers a significant chance of cure. Video-assisted thoracic surgery is a valid alternative for properly selected cases. We herein report our experience with thoracoscopic management of pulmonary aspergilloma. PATIENT AND METHODS This retrospective analysis was performed on 41 patients operated between 2012 to ...

Organizing pneumonia by paragonimiasis and coexistent aspergilloma as a pulmonary nodule is a rare case of lung disease. Its radiographic or CT feature has not been described before in the radiologic literature. We present organizing pneumonia by paragonimiasis and coexistent aspergilloma manifested as a pulmonary irregular nodule on CT.

We describe a case of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis complicated with a slowly growing aspergilloma followed for two decades without specific intervention. It developed with no background of local or systemic immune dysfunction in a middle aged female. The case illustrates many features of this disease as well as uniquely documenting the natural radiological evolution from a small non-specific...

Intracranial aspergilloma is extremely rare. The diagnosis and treatment of invasive CNS aspergillosis is very difficult. Early diagnosis is important for a successful treatment. Here, we report a case of intracranial aspergilloma in an 11-year-old boy in 2013. Good outcome was achieved by treatment with a combination of neurosurgical resection and antifungal administration, which we suggest is...