title: [Aspergillus infections of the lung].
abstract: In this article the three different manifestations of pulmonary aspergillosis are compared with each other: bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, aspergilloma and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, and their different clinical and radiological manifestations. In particular, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis--being a severe complication in immunosuppressed patients whose defenses are weak--often presents diagnostic problems due to its initially mostly unspecific clinical and radiological signs. The late signs of a pulmonary aspergillus infection, such as formation of a cavern or the manifestation of the "air crescent" sign, however, are seen only when the patient is just beginning to convalesce.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Röntgendiagnostik, Universitätskrankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nicolas
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hottenrott
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Hossfeld
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Aspergillusinfektionen der Lunge.