Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Presenting as Recurrent Mass-like Consolidation.
10.4046/trd.2015.78.2.133
- Author:
Yeong Hun CHOE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea. cd4tcell@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary;
Recurrence;
Lung
- MeSH:
Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary*;
Aspergillus fumigatus;
Cough;
Diagnosis;
Eosinophilia;
Eosinophils;
Humans;
Immunoglobulin E;
Itraconazole;
Lung;
Pneumonia;
Recurrence;
Skin;
Young Adult
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2015;78(2):133-136
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a hypersensitive disease showing various radiographic and clinical manifestations. Its clinical course has not been fully understood. Here I describe a case of a 23-year-old immunocompetent man with frequently relapsing ABPA. He was asthmatic. He visited our hospital because of a chronic cough. Laboratory examination showed eosinophilia with increased total and Aspergillus-specific IgE as well as positive skin reaction to Aspergillus fumigatus. Radiologic feature was a dense consolidation. Histology showed organizing pneumonia with eosinophilic infiltration. On the diagnosis of ABPA, he was treated with systemic steroid and itraconazole. Although treatment response was excellent, he suffered from recurrent ABPA three times thereafter in the form of fleeting mass-like consolidation.
