ASPERGILLOMA IN A PATIENT WITH NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE

Authors

  • Sadaf Sheikh
  • Saulat Hasnain Fatimi

Abstract

Patients with aspergilloma should undergo surgical treatment, because there is a risk of sudden lifethreatening hemoptysis and because there is no effective alternate medical therapy. We report acase of aspergilloma in a 47 year old man with no past history of tuberculosis presented with thecomplaint of hemoptysis for two weeks. It was diagnosed radiologically and treated with leftupper lobectomy. Post operative course was complicated by cardiorhythmic disorder.Keywords: Aspergilloma, Surgical resection, Cystic lesion

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Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2006): JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOTTABAD

Section

CASE REPORT

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