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A case of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurring in a bullae of the lung / 천식및알레르기
Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
;
: 561-565, 2001.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-221662
ABSTRACT
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis(ABPA) is a syndrome seen in patients with asthma and cystic fibrosis. It is characterized by chronic cololinization of the airways with a ubiquitous fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus. Clinically, it is a syndrome characterized by recurrent episodes of wheezing, mucus production, pulmonary infiltrates, and elevated levels of serum IgE. ABPA patients are also accompanied with bronchiectasis in 89% and observed in 10% of cystic fibrosis that show the features of end-stage lung pattern. There are few reports of ABPA associated with bullae. We will report here a case of ABPA developing in an old cicartrical and bullous lesion of a lung.