Thoracoscopic resection of the pulmonary aspergilloma: report of two cases

Chest. 2000 Nov;118(5):1490-2. doi: 10.1378/chest.118.5.1490.

Abstract

Pulmonary aspergillomas causing hemoptysis were successfully resected through videothoracoscopy in two cases. We removed an aspergilloma located in the right lower lobe of the lung in a 48-year-old woman with a bronchial cyst and rheumatoid arthritis. We also removed an aspergilloma located in the left upper lobe of the lung in a 59-year-old man with emphysematous bullae and diabetes mellitus. In both cases, the aspergillomas were removed by pulmonary wedge resection through scheduled thoracoscopy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
  • Aspergillosis / surgery*
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / microbiology
  • Diabetes Complications
  • Female
  • Hemoptysis / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / complications
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted*