Airway Invasive Aspergillosis


Pathologic Findings

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Brief Discussions


Aspergillus-related lung disease
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

Bronchocentric granulomatosis

Mycetoma

Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis or semiinvasive aspergillosis

Invasive aspergillosis : Angioinvasive aspergillosis & Airway invasive aspergillosis (15%)


Airway invasive Aspergillosis
Histologic analysis - presence of Aspergillus deep to the airway basement membrane

Clinical manifestation : Acute tracheobronchitis, Bronchiolitis, Bronchopneumonia


CT findings
Patchy peribronchial consolidation

Small ill-defined nodules

Ground glass opacity

Lobar consolidation



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