Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus terreus presenting lobar collapse

Y Nakahara; O Katoh; H Yamada; I Sumida; M Hanada

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.31.140

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus terreus presenting lobar collapse

Intern Med. 1992 Jan;31(1):140-2. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.31.140.

Authors

Y Nakahara¹, O Katoh, H Yamada, I Sumida, M Hanada

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Japan.

PMID: 1568035
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.31.140

Abstract

A case of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is described which presents left upper lobe collapse caused by Aspergillus terreus, an organism rarely found in ABPA. It is unusual for initial radiographic findings of ABPA to include extensive collapse.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / diagnosis
Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / diagnostic imaging
Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / etiology*
Aspergillus / isolation & purification
Female
Humans
Pulmonary Atelectasis / diagnosis
Pulmonary Atelectasis / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Atelectasis / etiology*
Radiography
Species Specificity