A pulmonary fungus ball produced by Cladosporium cladosporioides.
A case of pulmonary fungus ball produced by Cladosporium cladosporioides is reported. The fungus occupied a cavity in the upper lobe of right lung. Invasion of the cavitary wall or adjacent pulmonary tissue by the fungus was not observed.
D002963:Cladosporium / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi