Delayed diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis due to absence of asthmatic symptoms

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a pulmonary disease with small prevalence. Exposure to aspergillus mold causes immunologic hypersensitivity and may cause ranges of symptoms from minimal to detrimental outcomes. Diagnosing and treating the disease before the development of bronchiec...

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Autores principales: Kim, Young, Lee, Hong-Yeul, Gu, Kang-Mo, Lee, Joo-Young, Yoon, Sang-Won, Park, Tae-Yeon, Choi, Jae-Chol, Kim, Jae-Yeol, Park, In-Won, Shin, Jong-Wook, Choi, Byoung-Whui, Jung, Jae-Woo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4967620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27489792
http://dx.doi.org/10.5415/apallergy.2016.6.3.187
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Sumario:Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a pulmonary disease with small prevalence. Exposure to aspergillus mold causes immunologic hypersensitivity and may cause ranges of symptoms from minimal to detrimental outcomes. Diagnosing and treating the disease before the development of bronchiectasis may save the patient from poor outcomes. This report presents a case of recurrent ABPA without any symptom of asthma, which impeded the correct diagnosis even after numerous hospitalizations.

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