Cerebral aspergilloma in a patient with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
The case is described of a woman of 21 who had suffered since childhood from asthma and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. During her recovery from a period of severe status asthmaticus she developed widespread patchy lung shadowing, signs of an intracerebral space-occupying lesion and high titres of serum precipitins to Aspergillus fumigatus. Post-mortem examination revealed Aspergillus bronchopneumonia and an intracerebral aspergilloma.
D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology