Clinical analysis of 22 cases of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To impove the cognition of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis by analyzing its clinical characteristics.Methods 22 patients diagnosed as having allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in our hospital were studied in their clinical characteristics,imaging findings,laboratory inspections,pathologies,therapies and follow-up results.Results (1)The patients consisted of 13males and 9 femailes.Asthma was present in 16 patients,and absent in 6 cases,some of which had no wheezing heard in lung auscultation.(2)Central bronchiectasis was present in 19 cases,with the upper lobe bronchial mainly involved.(3)Simple glucocorticoid therapy was used in 2 cases,the joint anti-fungal therapy in 19 cases(one case improved combined with itraconazole therapy after recurrence and one case improved with the joint itraconazole treatment,followed by recurrence of the symptoms after discontinued antifungal therapy and by the combination therapy again).Conclusion Clinical asthma is the most common symptom of ABPA.However,there are one-third of cases without history of asthma.Central bronchiectasis with formation of mucus suppository is a characteristic feature of ABPA which can prompt diagnosis and help in the prognosis.The combination of antifungal treatment can lead to improvement and reduce or eliminate the need of glucocorticoid therapy.