Mediastinal aspergilloma: a rare manifestation of a common infection with CT and pathologic correlation.
Extra-pulmonary thoracic aspergilloma is an unusual pathologic manifestation of this organism. We present a case manifesting as a mediastinal mass on chest CT causing some diagnostic difficulty and requiring surgical resection.
Grand
David S
DS
The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-0801, USA.
Lawler
Leo P
LP
Riemer
Ellen C
EC
Fishman
Elliot K
EK
D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed