Surgical Treatment of Mediastinal Aspergilloma in a Immunocompetent Patient

Aspergillus is a common saprophytic fungi of the human airways and causes a broad spectrum of diseases, ranging from aspergilloma to invasive aspergillosis. There are few reports on mediastinal aspergilloma without any underlying pulmonary disease or immunocompromise. Herein, we report a case of med...

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Autores principales: Lim, Jae Hong, Kim, Ji Seong, Yang, Chan Kyu, Kang, Chang Hyun, Kim, Young Tae, Park, In Kyu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4157514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25207260
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2014.47.4.431
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Sumario:Aspergillus is a common saprophytic fungi of the human airways and causes a broad spectrum of diseases, ranging from aspergilloma to invasive aspergillosis. There are few reports on mediastinal aspergilloma without any underlying pulmonary disease or immunocompromise. Herein, we report a case of mediastinal aspergilloma that we experienced and treated by thoracoscopic resection and oral antifungal medication.

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