title: Aspergilloma in a patient with no previous history of chronic lung disease.
abstract: Patients with aspergilloma should undergo surgical treatment, because there is a risk of sudden life threatening hemoptysis and because there is no effective alternate medical therapy. We report a case of aspergilloma in a 47-year-old man with no past history of tuberculosis presented with the complaint of hemoptysis for two weeks. It was diagnosed radiologically and treated with left upper lobectomy. Post operative course was complicated by cardiorhythmic disorder.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. sheikh.sadaf@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sadaf
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sheikh
authors.forename: Saulat Hasnain
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Fatimi
mesh_terms: D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged