대한흉부영상의학회 Korean Society of Thoracic Radiology

Discussion

Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Courtesy

Kyunghee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Discussion

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

Keywords

Airway, Lung, Infection, Fungal infection, Airway Invasive Aspergillosis