[Pulmonary aspergilloma with ring enhancement on chest CT scans].
A 77-year-old man with hemoptysis was admitted to our hospital. A coin lesion in the right middle lung field was observed on a chest X-ray film. Enhanced CT scans of the chest showed the coin lesion with clear ring enhancement. Ring-enhanced mass shadow in cases of pulmonary diseases are very rare. The level of anti-aspergillus antibody in serum was high and the patient was given the diagnosis of aspergillosis. An upper lobectomy was done and aspergillus organisms were found.
Muro
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Department of Surgery, Kyoto Hakuaikai Hospital, Japan.
Kurata
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Abe
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D000368:Aged; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed