Unusual Life-Threatening Pneumothorax Complicating a Ruptured Complex Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Patient in Cameroon

An aspergilloma is a well-recognized lesion of the lung caused most of the time by the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Its main complication is hemoptysis and has been very rarely associated with tension pneumothorax. We present the case of a 47-year-old man with a history of treated and healed tuberc...

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Autores principales: Nonga, Bernadette Ngo, Jemea, Bonaventure, Pondy, Angele O., Handy Eone, Daniel, Bitchong, Marie Claire, Fola, Olivier, Nkolaka, Atems, Londji, Gilles Martin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8648732
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author Nonga, Bernadette Ngo
Jemea, Bonaventure
Pondy, Angele O.
Handy Eone, Daniel
Bitchong, Marie Claire
Fola, Olivier
Nkolaka, Atems
Londji, Gilles Martin
author_facet Nonga, Bernadette Ngo
Jemea, Bonaventure
Pondy, Angele O.
Handy Eone, Daniel
Bitchong, Marie Claire
Fola, Olivier
Nkolaka, Atems
Londji, Gilles Martin
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description An aspergilloma is a well-recognized lesion of the lung caused most of the time by the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Its main complication is hemoptysis and has been very rarely associated with tension pneumothorax. We present the case of a 47-year-old man with a history of treated and healed tuberculosis, which was successfully managed in our service for a ruptured right upper lobe complexed aspergilloma, complicated by a massive and tension pneumothorax. The patient underwent thoracotomy and lung resection with quick recovery. Conclusively, although rare, an aspergilloma may rupture and cause a life-threatening air leakage.
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spelling pubmed-58321322018-04-17 Unusual Life-Threatening Pneumothorax Complicating a Ruptured Complex Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Patient in Cameroon Nonga, Bernadette Ngo Jemea, Bonaventure Pondy, Angele O. Handy Eone, Daniel Bitchong, Marie Claire Fola, Olivier Nkolaka, Atems Londji, Gilles Martin Case Rep Surg Case Report An aspergilloma is a well-recognized lesion of the lung caused most of the time by the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Its main complication is hemoptysis and has been very rarely associated with tension pneumothorax. We present the case of a 47-year-old man with a history of treated and healed tuberculosis, which was successfully managed in our service for a ruptured right upper lobe complexed aspergilloma, complicated by a massive and tension pneumothorax. The patient underwent thoracotomy and lung resection with quick recovery. Conclusively, although rare, an aspergilloma may rupture and cause a life-threatening air leakage. Hindawi 2018-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5832132/ /pubmed/29666746 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8648732 Text en Copyright © 2018 Bernadette Ngo Nonga et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nonga, Bernadette Ngo
Jemea, Bonaventure
Pondy, Angele O.
Handy Eone, Daniel
Bitchong, Marie Claire
Fola, Olivier
Nkolaka, Atems
Londji, Gilles Martin
Unusual Life-Threatening Pneumothorax Complicating a Ruptured Complex Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Patient in Cameroon
title Unusual Life-Threatening Pneumothorax Complicating a Ruptured Complex Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Patient in Cameroon
title_full Unusual Life-Threatening Pneumothorax Complicating a Ruptured Complex Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Patient in Cameroon
title_fullStr Unusual Life-Threatening Pneumothorax Complicating a Ruptured Complex Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Patient in Cameroon
title_full_unstemmed Unusual Life-Threatening Pneumothorax Complicating a Ruptured Complex Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Patient in Cameroon
title_short Unusual Life-Threatening Pneumothorax Complicating a Ruptured Complex Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Patient in Cameroon
title_sort unusual life-threatening pneumothorax complicating a ruptured complex aspergilloma in an immunocompetent patient in cameroon
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8648732
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