Recurrence of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis after seven years of remission

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1984 Nov;74(5):738-40. doi: 10.1016/0091-6749(84)90238-0.

Abstract

A staging system has been presented previously to assist in the evaluation and management of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). One of these stages is a remission stage in which patients are free from pulmonary infiltrates. It had been uncertain whether patients with ABPA in remission were at risk for recurrences. We now present a patient in whom recurrence of ABPA developed after 7 yr of remission that demonstrates that patients with ABPA are at risk for recurrences for a prolonged period of time.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin E / analysis
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Recurrence

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin E