[Pseudotumoral allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis]

Arch Bronconeumol. 2000 Jun;36(6):351-3.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) develops as the result of a hypersensitivity reaction to fungi of the genus Aspergillus. Clinical and radiological presentation can be atypical, requiring a high degree of suspicion on the part of the physician who treats such patients. We report the cases of two patients with APBA in whom the form of presentation--with few asthma symptoms, images showing lobar atelectasia and hilar adenopathy--led to an initial suspicion of lung cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Middle Aged