title: [Pulmonary aspergilloma appearing early].
abstract: A 62-year old smoker and alcoholic woman with chronic obstructive lung disease was admitted for suppurative pneumonia with cavitation and developed an intracavitary aspergilloma less than 2 months after the first signs of pneumonia. In view of the short time elapsed between the aspergilloma and the onset of suppurative pneumonia, 2 possibilities are discussed: either an aspergilloma developed unusually early in the cavity of a recent pulmonary abscess, or the patient had a chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis diagnosed at an early stage, which would account for all the manifestations observed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie et de Réanimation respiratoire, Hôpital Tenon, Paris.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moutet
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lioté
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Milleron
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Malepart
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akoun
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000150:complications; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Aspergillome pulmonaire d'apparition précoce.