Pulmonary diseases with imaging findings mimicking aspergilloma

Lung. 2014 Jun;192(3):347-57. doi: 10.1007/s00408-014-9568-7. Epub 2014 Mar 11.

Abstract

Patients with preexisting lung cavities are at risk of developing intracavitary fungal colonization. Because Aspergillus spp. are the most commonly implicated fungi, these fungal masses are called aspergillomas. Their characteristic "ball-in-hole" appearance, however, may be found in a variety of other conditions that can produce radiologic findings mimicking aspergilloma. In this paper, we review the main diseases that may mimic the radiographic findings of aspergilloma, with brief descriptions of clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic findings.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Diseases / etiology
  • Lung Diseases / pathology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Pulmonary Aspergillosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Aspergillosis / microbiology
  • Pulmonary Aspergillosis / pathology
  • Risk Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*