[Six cases of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis]

Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi. 1994 Sep;32(9):836-42.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Six cases of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) were evaluated. In four cases, diagnosis and steroid therapy were delayed, which resulted in irreversible pulmonary dysfunction. The important points for early diagnosis were: (1) Differentiation from pulmonary tuberculosis, (2) the presence of bronchial asthma was not essential for diagnosis, and (3) fungi other than Aspergillus fumigatus might cause this syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis