title: [Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: 3 cases].
abstract: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in approximately 1-7.6% of patients with asthma. This incidence is low enough not to be considered in the differential diagnosis but also high enough to be an important disease. Since the symptoms and laboratory tests are not specific for ABPA, the diagnosis may be delay for years. However the failure to diagnose and treat ABPA for long term may result in fibrotic lung disease. This article focuses on the clinical and the laboratory aspects, and the management of ABPA in the light of three cases.
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergies, Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ferda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oner Erkekol
authors.forename: Sevim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bavbek
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Göksel
authors.forename: Dilşad
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mungan
authors.forename: Omür
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Ayşe Berna
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Misirligil
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Demirel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003663:Decision Trees; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed