Pulmonary aspergilloma: An evasive disease

Abstract

Aspergillomas are often misdiagnosed as tuberculosis (TB) in developing countries where the prevalence of TB is high, hemoptysis is often equated with TB, and most patients are diagnosed clinically. This report describes the case of a patient being treated for smear-negative TB who presented with hemoptysis and was found to have an aspergilloma.

Keywords: Air crescent sign; Drug-resistant tuberculosis; Massive hemoptysis; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Smear-negative tuberculosis.