Tracheobronchial Aspergillosis An autopsy case report.
- Author:
Tae jung KWON
;
Dong Joo LEE
;
Il Hoon KWON
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aspergillosis;
Tracheobronchial;
Pseudomembrane
- MeSH:
Aspergillosis*;
Aspergillus;
Autopsy*;
Bronchitis;
Humans;
Hyphae;
Kidney;
Larynx;
Lung;
Male;
Mucous Membrane;
Pulmonary Aspergillosis;
Respiratory Insufficiency;
Stomach;
Trachea
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
1999;33(8):620-623
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Tracheobronchial aspergillosis is an unusual form of invasive aspergillosis characterized by noninvasive or only superficially invasive tracheobronchitis with a propensity for dissemination. We report a two-year-old male who suddenly died of respiratory failure. Postmortem examination revealed a pseudomembrane covering the mucosa of larynx, trachea and bronchial tree of both lungs. This pseudomembrane was composed predominantly of Aspergillus hyphae. There was transmural necrotizing bronchitis with fungal invasion to the narrow zone of peribronchial tissue, and dissemination to the stomach and kidney. This form of pulmonary aspergillosis had not been reported in this country.
