Bilateral pulmonary aspergilloma: case report.
Bilateral pulmonary aspergilloma colonising an old tuberculous cavity and a pyogenic lung abscess in a 25-year old Ethiopian lady is reported. The diagnosis was based on the findings of a rounded density with typical air crescent sign on a chest x-ray and isolation of Aspergillus species from a bronchoscopic aspirate. Despite the high prevalence of cavity pulmonary tuberculosis, pulmonary aspergilloma is rarely reported from this and other African countries and the likely reasons for this are discussed.
Aderaye
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Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Jajaw
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D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015995:Prevalence; D011859:Radiography; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*