Abstract

OXILIA, Héctor Guillermo; OXILIA, Rodrigo Guillermo; MORALES, Lorena  and  FALCO, Fernando. Aspergillosis: a phatology to be considered. Rev. argent. radiol. [online]. 2008, vol.72, n.1, pp.55-60. ISSN 1852-9992.

Pulmonary aspergillosis is a mycotic infection caused by the Aspergillus fumigatus, saprophyte of the normal human sputum. Five patients with non invasive aspergillosis were studied, of whom 4 were adults (3 women, 1 man) and one, pediatric, with invasive aspergillosis. All of them were studied by conventional X-ray, spiral CT, multislice CT and video capsule endoscopy. The presentation is predominant among men (3 to 1). There are three forms of presentation: a) invasive: in neutropenic patients it prevails the lung affectation; the brain, heart, kidney gastrointestinal tract, liver, thyroid and spleen spreading has a bad prognosis and mortality rate is very high; b) semiinvasive: it mainly compromises patients with pre-existing pulmonary pathology; c) non invasive: affects pre-existing cavities, TBC caverns or cysts where the fungus establishes; it is called aspergilloma or mycetoma.

Keywords : Aspergillosis; Mycetoma; Invasive; Semiinvasive; Non invasive; Thorax X-ray; Computed tomography.

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