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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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Aspergilloma in a hydatid cyst masquerading as pulmonary tuberculosis
Manu Chopra, C. D. S. Katoch
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Military Hospital, Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Correspondence Address:
LT Col. Dr. Manu Chopra
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Military Hospital, Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2320-8775.196656
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Aspergilloma is a saprophytic infection that colonizes preexisting lung cavities that presents as a fungal ball. Typically, an aspergilloma develops in cavities formed as a result of diseases such as tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, bronchiectasis, lung abscess, and cavitary neoplasia, but it has also been reported, though rarely, in pulmonary cavities as a consequence of the removal of a hydatid cyst. The clinical features of pulmonary aspergilloma, ruptured hydatid cyst, and tuberculosis are similar in the form of cough, hemoptysis, and low-grade fever. In a developing country like India, wherein pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common cause of a chronic cough with hemoptysis; we present an unusual case of aspergilloma in a ruptured hydatid cyst masquerading as pulmonary tuberculosis. |
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