Aspergilloma in a patient with an occult congenital pulmonary airway malformation

Lael M Yonker; Eugene J Mark; Craig A Canapari

doi:10.1002/ppul.21538

Aspergilloma in a patient with an occult congenital pulmonary airway malformation

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2012 Mar;47(3):308-10. doi: 10.1002/ppul.21538. Epub 2011 Sep 8.

Authors

Lael M Yonker¹, Eugene J Mark, Craig A Canapari

Affiliation

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. lyonker@partners.org

PMID: 21905264
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21538

Abstract

We describe the case of a 14-year-old male who presented with a right upper lobe aspergilloma forming in a previously occult congenital pulmonary airway malformation. This is the first case describing an aspergilloma forming within a CPAM.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Aspergillosis / complications*
Pulmonary Aspergillosis / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Aspergillosis / pathology
Respiratory System Abnormalities / diagnostic imaging
Respiratory System Abnormalities / microbiology*
Respiratory System Abnormalities / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed