Volume 13, Number 8, 1786-1800, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1813-4

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Aspergillus in the lung: diverse and coincident forms

Susan J. Buckingham and David M. Hansell

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Abstract

Pulmonary disease caused by the fungus Aspergillus has traditionally been regarded as belonging to one of the following, apparently distinct, entities: saprophytic aspergilloma; allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA); and invasive aspergillosis (IPA); which may be further categorised as angioinvasive, acute or chronic airway invasive) [1]. It is not always obvious that there is overlap between these entities, and that in any given patient more than one Aspergillus-related pathological process can co-exist [2]. The aim of this article is to review the clinical and imaging features of the main categories of Aspergillus-related pulmonary disease and, in particular, to highlight the overlap between them.

Keywords  Computed tomography - Mycetoma - Immunocompromise - Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis - Aspergillosis

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