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Aspergillus in the lung: diverse and coincident forms

Authors: Susan J. Buckingham, David M. Hansell

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 8/2003

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.

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Title: Aspergillus in the lung: diverse and coincident forms
Authors: Susan J. Buckingham
David M. Hansell
Publication date: 01-08-2003
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Radiology / Issue 8/2003
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-002-1813-4

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