title: A case of aspergilloma detected after surgery for pneumothorax.
abstract: We report a case of aspergilloma in an 80-year-old male patient who had no identifiable underlying disease before surgery for pneumothorax. He was hospitalized for left pneumothorax. A chest CT revealed a large bulla in the left lung apex with a nodule (diameter; 1.5 cm) at the edge of the bulla. After thoracodocesis, air leakage persisted and a large bulla and nodule were resected. Aspergillus was detected histopathologically in the nodule. Treatment with itraconazole 200 mg a day followed, and 4 months later he had no recurrent pneumothorax or Aspergillus infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuraba
authors.forename: Yukinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakao
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Ryuta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fukai
authors.forename: Kazu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiomi
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sonobe
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Kohta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imashimizu
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001768:Blister; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed