title: [Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis mimicking lung cancer in patients without bronchial asthma--case report].
abstract: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a pulmonary disorder characterized by hypersensitivity reaction to Aspergillus, mainly Aspergillus fumigatus with variable radiological findings. The prevalence of ABPA is about 1-2% in patients with asthma and 5-15% in patients with cystic fibrosis. Very infrequently the disease is diagnosed in patients without previous bronchial asthma. The case of 45 year old women has been shown, who was admitted to the hospital with suspicious of lung cancer with hilar lymphadenopathy, without asthma. After examinations ABPA has been diagnosed. After treatment clinical, radiological, serological improvement were observed.
authors.affiliation: III Klinika Chorób Płuc, Instytut Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc, ul. Płocka 26, 01-138 Warszawa. unowicka@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Urszula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nowicka
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wiatr
authors.forename: Lilia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jakubowska
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polubiec-Kownacka
mesh_terms: D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic