Thoracic Research and Practice
Clinical Study

Pulmonary Aspergilloma in a Turkish Hospital Population

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Departments of Chest Diseases of SSK Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey

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Department of Internal Medicine of Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

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Departments of Thoracic Surgery of SSK Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey

Thorac Res Pract 2002; 3: Turkish Respiratory Journal 7-14
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Aiming to investigate the association between pulmonary aspergilloma and a history of pulmonary tuberculosis, 14 aspergilloma cases (10 males, 4 females) were identified from the patient files of our hospital between 1992-1998. Thirteen of these patients (%93) had a history of tuberculosis with post-tuberculous cavities and 1 patient had a history of diabetes mellitus and ade­nocarcinoma of the lung. Ten patients had radiographical changes consistent with aspergilloma. Sputum samples had been taken from 12 patients and 7 (%58) were positive for aspergillus on bacteriological smear. Bronchoscopy was performed in 12 patients and 9 were positive for aspergillus in both bronchoalveo­lar lavage material and tissue biopsy specimens.Ten patients with recurrent haemoptysis underwent thoracotomy and 1 patient underwent arterial embolization. Despite recurrent haemoptysis, surgical intervention could not be carried out in one patient due to his poor ventilation peformance score. Two patients were followed-up in the outpatient clinic without any intervention.This study has shown that in our hospital population, aspergilloma cases mostly appear in patients with post-tubercu­lous cavities rather than patients with other diseases leading to deficiencies in immunocompetence.

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