[Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: 3 cases].
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.
Oner Erkekol
Ferda
F
Division of Allergies, Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
Bavbek
Sevim
S
Göksel
Ozlem
O
Mungan
Dilşad
D
Aydin
Omür
O
Can
Ayşe Berna
AB
Misirligil
Zeynep
Z
Demirel
Yavuz
Y
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