Acta Med. 2009, 52: 121-123

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.116

Semiinvasive Aspergillosis: A Diagnosis to Consider in a Seemingly Immunocompetent Patient with a Pulmonary Nodule, Haemoptysis and Structural Lung Disease

Francisco José Fernández-Fernándeza, Marcelino del Castillo-Fraileb, María del Mar Used-Aznarc

aHospital Arquitecto Marcide, Department of Internal Medicine, Ferrol. A Coruňa, Spain
bHospital Arquitecto Marcide, Department of Radiology, Ferrol. A Coruňa, Spain
cHospital Arquitecto Marcide, Department of Pathology, Ferrol. A Coruňa, Spain

Received February 17, 2009
Accepted September 4, 2009

References

1. Franquet T, Müller NL, Giménez A, Guembe P, de la Torre J, Bagué S. Spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis: Histologic, clinical, and radiologic findings. Radiographics 2001; 21:825–37. <https://doi.org/10.1148/radiographics.21.4.g01jl03825>
2. Gefter WB, Weingrad TR, Epstein DM, Ochs RH, Miller WT. „Semi-invasive“ pulmonary aspergillosis: a new look at the spectrum of Aspergillus infections of the lung. Radiology 1981; 140:313–21. <https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.140.2.7255704>
3. Kim SY, Lee KS, Han J, et al. Semiinvasive pulmonary aspergillosis: CT and pathologic findings in six patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2000; 174:795–8. <https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.174.3.1740795>
4. Saraceno JL, Phelps DT, Ferro TJ, Futerfas R, Schwartz DB. Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis. Chest 1997; 112:541–8. <https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.112.2.541>
5. Zmeili OS, Soubani AO. Pulmonary aspergillosis: a clinical update. Q J Med 2007; 100:317–34. <https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcm035>
front cover

ISSN 1211-4286 (Print) ISSN 1805-9694 (Online)

Open access journal

Archive