title: [Pulmonary aspergillomas. Analysis of 31 patients].
abstract: Thirty-one patients with pulmonary aspergilloma were studied retrospectively, leading to the following main findings: 1) Men are most often affected (90% of cases). 2) Diagnosis occurs significantly more often when the patient is between 50 to 60 years of age. 3) Aspergilloma originates most often in residual pulmonary tuberculosis (74% of cases). 4) The incidence of hemoptysis was high (87% of patients). Traditional tomography afforded images that were diagnostically useful in 77.4% of the cases, whereas simple X-rays were useful in only 38.7%. 6) In 94% aspergilloma occurred in the upper lobes. 7) Aspergillus was found in respiratory secretions in 55%. 8) Serum samples were positive for Aspergillus precipitins in 94.4%. 9) Forty-eight percent did not meet criteria for surgical intervention. 10) Noteworthy features of the course of the disease were that spontaneous lysis occurred in 13.6% and that hemoptysis led to death in 9%.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Santa Marina, Bilbao, Vizcaya.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garrós Garay
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruiz de Gordejuela
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vara Quadrado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001995:Bronchography; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Aspergilomas pulmonares. Análisis de 31 pacientes.