Cor pulmonale complicating chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with fatal consequences: Experience from Uganda

Cor pulmonale is a rare complication of pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA). A 45-year-old Ugandan male with a history of recurrent community-acquired pneumonias was admitted with symptoms of progressive difficulty in breathing, chronic productive cough, non-exertional left sided chest pain and progressiv...

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Autores principales: Bongomin, Felix, Kwizera, Richard, Atukunda, Angella, Kirenga, Bruce J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6614533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31333999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.07.001
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author Bongomin, Felix
Kwizera, Richard
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Kirenga, Bruce J.
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description Cor pulmonale is a rare complication of pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA). A 45-year-old Ugandan male with a history of recurrent community-acquired pneumonias was admitted with symptoms of progressive difficulty in breathing, chronic productive cough, non-exertional left sided chest pain and progressive weight loss occurring over a 12-month period. Chest CT scan and echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis of CPA with an aspergilloma complicating bronchiectasis, complicated with cor pulmonale. However, this was previously clinically misdiagnosed as PTB.
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spelling pubmed-66145332019-07-22 Cor pulmonale complicating chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with fatal consequences: Experience from Uganda Bongomin, Felix Kwizera, Richard Atukunda, Angella Kirenga, Bruce J. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Cor pulmonale is a rare complication of pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA). A 45-year-old Ugandan male with a history of recurrent community-acquired pneumonias was admitted with symptoms of progressive difficulty in breathing, chronic productive cough, non-exertional left sided chest pain and progressive weight loss occurring over a 12-month period. Chest CT scan and echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis of CPA with an aspergilloma complicating bronchiectasis, complicated with cor pulmonale. However, this was previously clinically misdiagnosed as PTB. Elsevier 2019-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6614533/ /pubmed/31333999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.07.001 Text en © 2019 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/).
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title_fullStr Cor pulmonale complicating chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with fatal consequences: Experience from Uganda
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