OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether contrast enhancement features on 3D volumetric gradient-recalled echoMR images allow differentiation of benign from malignant solitary pulmonary nodules. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty patients with solitary pulmonary nodules (range of greatest diameter, 7-40 mm) detected on CT underwent unenhanced MRI and contrast-enhanced MRI perform...

Retrospective analysis was carried out on intervention treatment and the effects of massive hemoptysis of pulmonary aspergilloma. Twenty-five cases diagnosed as massive hemoptysis of pulmonary aspergilloma were performed with imaging of bronchial arteries and other related blood vessels in order to assess blood vessel type and the number involved in the disease and perform embolotherapy on the ...

PURPOSE A retrospective investigation of the clinical and radiologic features as well as the bronchoscopic appearance was carried out in patients with endobronchial aspergilloma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten patients with endobronchial aspergilloma diagnosed by bronchoscopy and histological examination were identified at the Gyeongsang University Hospital of Korea, from May 2003 to May 2009. R...

Objectives: The purpose of this retrospective study is to analyze the results of the surgical treatment for pulmonary aspergilloma and to confirm that aggressive surgical resection can provide effective outcome for these patients. Patients and method: From 1987 to 2000, 110 patients underwent thoracotomy for treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma in two hospitals. The most common indication for op...

Pier Antonio Mitcheli, an Italian priest and biologist, discovered Aspergillus in 17291. The first description of aspergillosis in man was reported by Bennet in 18422. Since then different spectrums of the disease is known in man including invasive aspergillosis, aspergilloma and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Sluyter was first to report pulmonary Aspergillosis in 18473 and Gerstyl re...

Bronchial stump aspergillosis (BSA), i.e. Aspergillus infection of bronchial granulation tissue surrounding endobronchial suture threads, is a very rare variant of localized suppurative bronchial Aspergillus infection. The majority of reported cases have occurred within one year after lung surgery. We present three more patients, in whom BSA occurred very late (4.5, 6 and 7 yrs) after pulmonary...