Characteristics of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Review of Cases View PDF

Luis Trombetta
Department Of Medicine And Infectious Diseases, Infectious Hospital Francisco J. Muñiz, GCABA, Nigeria

Published on: 2017-09-20

Abstract

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) affects individuals with preexisting lung cavities. Diagnosis is established with the evaluation of respiratory signs and symptoms, radiographic characteristics and the results of mycological examinations. The clinical forms of APC can be considered as a continuous spectrum of manifestations that depend on the individual’s immune status. In APC a distinction should be made between acute and subacute invasive pulmonary aspergillosis at one end of the spectrum, and simple Aspergilloma at the opposite.

Keywords

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis; Fungal ball; Aspergilloma

Introduction

The APC is a set of clinical signs and alterations present in the chest radiograph, from asymptomatic forms, the incidental finding in a patient with cough and expectoration to severe forms characterized by dyspnea and hemoptysis, of fatal evolution