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- Title
Aspergilloma in a hydatid cavity.
- Authors
John, Binu V.; Jacob, Mary; Abraham, O. C.; Thomas, Smitha; Thankachan, Roy; Shukla, Vinayak
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 40-year-old woman reported with symptoms of productive cough of nine months. A computerized tomography (CT) of the chest revealed consolidation in the right lower zone with cavity, and CT-guided fineneedle aspiration of the lesion was reported as chronic fibrosing pleuritis. It concludes that surgical excision can lead to complete cure since it is a colonization by the mould there is no role for systemic anti-fungal therapy.
- Subjects
COUGH; TOMOGRAPHY; THERAPEUTICS; SYMPTOMS; PLEURISY; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Tropical Doctor, 2007, Vol 37, Issue 2, p112
- ISSN
0049-4755
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1258/004947507780609347