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Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis following pulmonary embolism
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is predominantly found alongside cavitating or bullous lung diseases. Although pulmonary embolism may cause cavitation, an association with CPA has not been well described. We describe a case of CPA in a 79-year-old female following bilateral pulmonary emboli. T...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6249412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30505676 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.11.002 |
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author | Tunney, Ruth Rodger, Kirsty Denning, David W Kosmidis, Chris |
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description | Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is predominantly found alongside cavitating or bullous lung diseases. Although pulmonary embolism may cause cavitation, an association with CPA has not been well described. We describe a case of CPA in a 79-year-old female following bilateral pulmonary emboli. The clinical implications are numerous, including the dilemma of anticoagulation. This link suggests that a lower threshold for suspecting CPA following pulmonary embolus is required, even in the absence of other respiratory disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-62494122018-11-30 Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis following pulmonary embolism Tunney, Ruth Rodger, Kirsty Denning, David W Kosmidis, Chris Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is predominantly found alongside cavitating or bullous lung diseases. Although pulmonary embolism may cause cavitation, an association with CPA has not been well described. We describe a case of CPA in a 79-year-old female following bilateral pulmonary emboli. The clinical implications are numerous, including the dilemma of anticoagulation. This link suggests that a lower threshold for suspecting CPA following pulmonary embolus is required, even in the absence of other respiratory disease. Elsevier 2018-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6249412/ /pubmed/30505676 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.11.002 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tunney, Ruth Rodger, Kirsty Denning, David W Kosmidis, Chris Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis following pulmonary embolism |
title | Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis following pulmonary embolism |
title_full | Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis following pulmonary embolism |
title_fullStr | Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis following pulmonary embolism |
title_full_unstemmed | Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis following pulmonary embolism |
title_short | Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis following pulmonary embolism |
title_sort | chronic pulmonary aspergillosis following pulmonary embolism |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6249412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30505676 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.11.002 |
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