Surgical treatment of a case of multiple lung cysts infected with aspergillosis]

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[surgical treatment of a case of multiple lung cysts infected with

aspergillosis]

[Article in Japanese]

Saitoh T, Miyamoto H, Hayakawa K, Hata E, Hirose T.

An 18-year-old male case in which multiple lung cysts with

Aspergillus infection was diagnosed is reported. The case was

recognized during the clinical course of bilateral pneumothorax, and

chest X-ray showed cystic shadows in the middle field of the right

lung. At first, bullectomy and partial cystectomy of the lung was

performed, and Aspergillus fumigatus was cultured from the fluid in

the cysts. The cysts were located in the right upper and middle

lobe, so upper and middle lobectomy was performed in the second

surgical operation. In this case, the check valve mechanism caused

by the pneumothorax provided the conditions for Aspergillus

infection. In cases of air-fluid levels shown by chest X-ray such as

this, Aspergillus infection should be suspected.

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