INTRODUCTION Pulmonary aspergiloma or mycetoma is a saprophytic colonization of a preexisting cavity by aspergilloma. Surgical resection is the only effective long-term treatment, but remains controversial because of the high rate of complications in the perioperative and postoperative time. OBJECTIVES Analysis of the experience of a Cardiothoracic Surgery Center for the treatment of pulmonar...

ABSTRACT Ureteric aspergilloma is a rare cause of ureteric colic and obstruction. We are presenting a rare entity in a 58-year old man who had complained of pain abdomen. It is a case of unilateral ureteric aspergilloma in a middle aged diabetic male. He was diagnosed as a case of ureteric calculi on ultrasound and X-ray KUB. On ureteroscopy yellow pus like ball was removed and sent for patholo...

Introduction: Aspergilloma of the paranasal sinus is a non-invasive form of aspergillosis. We report a 50 year old female with chief complaints of swelling in left infra orbital area without involving maxillary sinus. Computed tomography revealed enlarged infraorbital nerve foramen with clear left maxillary sinus. Microscopy of the excised mass showed, numerous fungal hyphae, which branch at ac...

INTRODUCTION Aspergillosis of the central nervous system is an uncommon infection, mainly occurring in immunocompromised patients with a high mortality. Surgical excision of the intracranial lesion combined with oral voriconazole has been proposed to improve the outcome in immunocompromised patients. Itraconazole has been considered not to be effective because of poor penetration into the brain...

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary aspergilloma is a difficult therapeutic problem due to the low effectiveness of conservative treatment and high surgical morbidity. AIM To analyze the early and late results of surgical treatment for pulmonary aspergilloma. MATERIAL AND METHODS From 2005 to 2015, 49 patients were treated surgically for pulmonary aspergilloma. Symptoms occurred in 85.7% of cases, inclu...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary aspergilloma has been treated surgically for many years but the mortality rates of larger surgical series, varying from 7% to 23%, is not considered acceptable by today's standards. The authors report their experience in the surgical treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma and present a review of the literature. METHODS Sixty seven patients who underwent thoracotomy for pulmo...

INTRODUCTION In 2008, the Food and Drugs Administration required manufacturers of TNFalpha antagonists to strengthen their warnings about the risk of serious fungal infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Sinus aspergilloma occurs occasionally in RA patients and can progress to invasive Aspergillus disease. The purpose of this study was to describe symptomatic sinus aspergilloma ...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary aspergilloma usually results from the ingrowth of colonized Aspergillus from a damaged bronchial tree, a pulmonary cyst, or from the cavities of patients with underlying lung diseases. In the present study, we analyzed the clinical features, diagnostic methods, and managements of 36 patients with pulmonary aspergilloma. METHODS Thirty-six patients were diagnosed as having...

Dört yıl önce başka bir merkezde sağ akciğerde kist hidatik nedeniyle kistotomi ve kapitonaj ameliyatı yapılan hasta, tekrarlayan hemoptizi yakınması ile kliniğimize başvurdu. Göğüs bilgisayarlı tomografide sağ alt lob posterior segmentte yerleşik kaviter lezyon tespit edildi. Hastaya, hemoptizi ve kaviter lezyon nedeniyle, tekrar torakotomi ve sağ alt lobektomi yapıldı. Patolojik inceleme bron...