[Pseudotumoral allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis].
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) develops as the result of a hypersensitivity reaction to fungi of the genus Aspergillus. Clinical and radiological presentation can be atypical, requiring a high degree of suspicion on the part of the physician who treats such patients. We report the cases of two patients with APBA in whom the form of presentation--with few asthma symptoms, images showing lobar atelectasia and hilar adenopathy--led to an initial suspicion of lung cancer.
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
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Otero González
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Montero Martínez
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Blanco Aparicio
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Valiño López
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Verea Hernando
D000328:Adult; D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged