Lung aspergillosis in an adult woman

Authors

  • Yanara Toledano Grave de Peralta Hospital General Docente “Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Martha Campos Muñoz Policlínico Docente “Armando García Aspurú”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Serguei Silveria Digón Sistema Integrado de Urgencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

Keywords:

mycetoma, lung aspergillosis, Aspergillus fumigatus, woman, Pneumology Service

Abstract

The case report of a 44 years mixed race patient from an urban area is described, with a personal history of alcoholic liver disease who was admitted in the Pneumology Service of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, after being referred from her health area due to expectoration episodes with blood and dry cough.  Laboratory studies, sputum culture, thorax X rays, lung computerized axial tomography and fine-needle aspiration biopsy were carried out that lead to the mycetoma diagnosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus, which facilitated to indicate the appropriate treatment and to carry out the clinical follow up of the affected patient.

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Published

2016-08-11

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Toledano Grave de Peralta Y, Campos Muñoz M, Silveria Digón S. Lung aspergillosis in an adult woman. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2016 Aug. 11 [cited 2025 Jun. 2];20(8). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/763

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 8 (2016): MEDISAN

Section

Case Reports

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