[A giant pulmonary aspergilloma managed surgically in an elderly man].
We describe a case of giant pulmonary aspergilloma in a 79-year old man. He had undergone an operation for pulmonary tuberculosis of the right lung at the age of 49 years. His chest ragiograph showed a large fungus ball in the right upper lung field. Taking his age and pulmonary condition into consideration, we performed a cavernostomy and fungus ball resection to prevent life-threatening hemoptysis. The postoperative course was satisfactory and without complication. Cavernostomy may be an alternative choice in high-risk aspergilloma patients.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital, 200-Mishimacho, Tenri-shi, Nara, Japan.
Ko
K
Maniwa
Eisaku
E
Tanaka
Tetsuro
T
Inoue
Terufumi
T
Kato
Minoru
M
Sakuramoto
Masayoshi
M
Minakuchi
Yuji
Y
Maeda
Kunihiko
K
Terada
Shunsuke
S
Goto
Miyuki
M
Nagasawa
Toru
T
Shindo
Satoshi
S
Noma
Yoichiro
Y
Kobashi
Yoshio
Y
Taguchi
D000368:Aged; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000379:methods