Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
Modality:
CT
Finger in glove appearance of ABPA
From the case:
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) - “Chest x-ray in a 40 year old female with cough demonstrates a mass overlying the left hilum. In the right upper parahilar region a few ring shadow ...”
Used in the following articles:
- Pulmonary aspergillosis - “Pulmonary apergillosis is a collective term used to refer to a number of conditions caused by infection with a fungus of the Aspergillus species (u...”
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis - “Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is at one end of the spectrum of disease caused by pulmonary aspergillosis and can be classified as ...”
- Finger in glove sign - “The finger in glove sign seen on CXR and CT chest and refers to the characteristic sign of a bronchocoele, as seen in allergic bronchopulmonary asp...”
- Bronchocoele - “A bronchocoele (also termed mucoid impaction) is a mucous-filled dilated bronchi surrounded by aerated lung. They appear as a branching tubular opa...”
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