Aspergilloma within cavitating pulmonary carcinoma. Case report.
Aspergillosis was diagnosed in a 69-year-old man presenting with blood-stained sputum, and was treated with an antifungal agent. As radiographic lesions persisted after 3 months, left upper lobectomy was performed. The surgical specimen revealed pulmonary carcinoma associated with an intracavitary aspergillar infection.
Hanagiri
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Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.
Okabayashi
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Mitsudomi
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Noda
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Hiratsuka
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Shirakusa
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D000368:Aged; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male