title: Aspergilloma in atypical localisation in severe asthma patient - case report.
abstract: Pulmonary aspergillosis is a condition caused by the fungi Aspergillus. The form of disease depends on the immunological condition of the host organism and other concomitant illnesses that influence the pulmonary tissue. Asthmatic patients, in particular with the severe form of disease, who require the use of systemic glucocorticoids, are predisposed to develop allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Development of aspergilloma in the lung is preceded by the formation of pathological cavity in the course of another illness. The study reports a case of a severe asthma patient who developed aspergilloma in atypical localisation, without the presence of predisposing anatomical changes and illnesses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. michal.zielinski1@interia.pl.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zieliński
authors.forename: Henryka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mazur-Zielińska
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ziora
mesh_terms: D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: aspergilloma; asthma; pulmonary aspergillosis