ghost in the closet. Allergic sino bronchopulmonary aspergillosis without bronchial asthma: a case report and review of the subject

ABSTRACT

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis [ABPA] is a complex hypersensitivity reaction, often in patients with asthma or cystic fibrosis [CF], which occurs when there is colonization of airways by Aspergillus species. In the absence of bronchial asthma, the diagnosis of ABPA is questionable but the reported patient had no features of bronchial asthma and presented with multifocal radiological shadows in both the lung fields which on further exploration revealed obscure ABPA