Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis associated with aspergilloma in sarcoidosis.
We have described two patients with corticosteroid-treated sarcoidosis and with autopsy-proven aspergilloma and diffuse invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. In one, growth of the fungus within a cyst was probably followed by progression to diffuse pulmonary infection. In the second, lung necrosis from invasive infection may have led to the formation of the mycetoma found at autopsy.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones