Thoracic Research and Practice
Case report

A Case Report: Lung Adenocarcinoma With Pulmonary Aspergilloma

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Department of Thoracic Surgery, SIF Izmir Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Dokuz Eylül University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey

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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, SIF Izmir Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

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Department of Enfectious Diseases, SIF Izmir Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

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Department of Pathology, SIF Izmir Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Thorac Res Pract 2004; 5: Turkish Respiratory Journal 43-45
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A 65-year-old man who had an intracavitary mass surrounded by an air-crescent in the right side on his chest radiogram was diagnosed as aspergilloma. Any malignancy was not presented despite transthoracic and bronchoscopic biopsy. Since he had poor pulmonary function tests (PFD and physical condition, pulmonary resection was not considered. He underwent caver­nostomy and muscle flap transposition. Microscopic examina­tion revealed aspergilloma and adenocarcinoma. Amphoterici- ne-B and radiotherapy was given postoperatively. This case showed us that old cavities could contain both fun­gus ball and adenocarcinoma.

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