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Published in: Lung 3/2014

01-06-2014

Pulmonary Diseases with Imaging Findings Mimicking Aspergilloma

Authors: Fernando Ferreira Gazzoni, Luiz Carlos Severo, Edson Marchiori, Marcos Duarte Guimarães, Tiago Severo Garcia, Klaus L. Irion, José Jesus Camargo, José Carlos Felicetti, Flavio de Mattos Oliveira, Bruno Hochhegger

Published in: Lung | Issue 3/2014

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Abstract

Patients with preexisting lung cavities are at risk of developing intracavitary fungal colonization. Because Aspergillus spp. are the most commonly implicated fungi, these fungal masses are called aspergillomas. Their characteristic “ball-in-hole” appearance, however, may be found in a variety of other conditions that can produce radiologic findings mimicking aspergilloma. In this paper, we review the main diseases that may mimic the radiographic findings of aspergilloma, with brief descriptions of clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic findings.
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Metadata
Title
Pulmonary Diseases with Imaging Findings Mimicking Aspergilloma
Authors
Fernando Ferreira Gazzoni
Luiz Carlos Severo
Edson Marchiori
Marcos Duarte Guimarães
Tiago Severo Garcia
Klaus L. Irion
José Jesus Camargo
José Carlos Felicetti
Flavio de Mattos Oliveira
Bruno Hochhegger
Publication date
01-06-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Lung / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0341-2040
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1750
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-014-9568-7

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