title: [Primary pulmonary aspergilloma presenting as an isolated nodular shadow].
abstract: A 55-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow at the right hilum on a chest radiograph. The chest radiograph and the chest CT scan showed a nodular showed in the right S6. There was no air-crescent sign in the shadow, but CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy led to the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis. Anti-fungal agents (miconazole, fluconazole, and itraconazole) were given but the patient's condition did not improve. Surgical resection was done and the postoperative course was uneventful. The resected lung had a bronchiectatic area with a fungus ball. Attempts to culture the fungus ball were not successful. Histologic examination revealed conidial heads characteristic of Aspergillus fumigatus. This case is interesting because the pulmonary aspergilloma appeared as an isolated nodular shadow. This might have been a case of primary pulmonary aspergilloma.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Burioka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukutani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hitsuda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic