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

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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