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Pulmonary aspergillosis
Pulmonary aspergillosis is a collective term used to refer to a number of conditions caused by infection with a fungus of the Aspergillus species (usually Aspergillus fumigatus).
There are a number of recognized pulmonary forms, the number depending on the author 1,3,4 . Each form has specific ...
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Mycetoma (lung)
A pulmonary mycetoma, also known as a fungus ball, is due to colonization of a pre-existing cavity by a fungus, usually a species of Aspergillus, in which case it is termed an aspergilloma 1.
Terminology
Pulmonary mycetoma is unrelated to soft-tissue mycetoma, also known as Madura foot. The la...
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Aspergilloma
Aspergillomas are mass-like fungus balls (mycetomas) typically composed of Aspergillus fumigatus and are a non-invasive form of pulmonary aspergillosis. They usually fall under the subgroup chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
Epidemiology
Aspergillomas occur in patients with normal immunity but s...
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Monod sign (lungs)
The Monod sign describes gas that surrounds a mobile fungus ball or mycetoma (most commonly an aspergilloma) in a pre-existing pulmonary cavity 1-3.
Terminology
In the 2024 edition of the Fleischner glossary, air crescent is the preferred term applying to air crescents seen with both mobile in...
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Broncholith
Broncholith refers to focal calcified endobronchial material which usually follows erosion by a granulomatous peribronchial lymph node (e.g. TB) 13. This can cause distal atelectasis, bronchiectasis or mucoid impaction.
Clinical presentation
dry cough
hemoptysis
fever, chest pain, rigors: d...
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Aspergilloma
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27 Feb 2024
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Mycetoma (soft-tissue)
Mycetoma refers to a chronic and progressively destructive granulomatous disease. The defining clinical triad comprises:
localized mass-like soft tissue injury with
draining sinuses, that
discharge grains of contagious material
It is one of the 17 "neglected tropical diseases", as defined ...
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Air crescent (lung)
Air crescent describes the crescent of gas between an intra-cavitary mass and the cavity wall. The intra-cavitary mass may be due to necrotic tissue or a fungus ball 6.
Terminology
The descriptor Monod sign 2 is commonly used to describe the combination of a gas crescent and a mobile fungus ba...
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Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a group of chronic aspergillosis found in non-immunocompromised patients with prior or current lung disease (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mycobacteriosis or conditions such as diabetes).
It can manifest as several forms 1.
chronic cavitar...
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Air crescent sign
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22 Feb 2010
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Monod sign (aspergilloma)
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22 Feb 2010
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Pulmonary mycetoma
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15 Feb 2024
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Chest curriculum
The chest curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core chest knowledge.
Definition
Topics pertaining to the lungs, mediastinum, and pleura, but excluding the skeletal structures (see musculoskeletal curriculum), heart (see cardiac...
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Sarcoidosis (thoracic manifestations)
Pulmonary and mediastinal involvement of sarcoidosis is extremely common, seen in over 90% of patients with sarcoidosis. Radiographic features are variable depending on the stage of the disease.
For a general discussion, please refer to the parent article: sarcoidosis.
Epidemiology
Pulmonary...
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Tuberculosis (pulmonary manifestations)
Pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis are varied and depend in part whether the infection is primary or post-primary. The lungs are the most common site of primary infection by tuberculosis and are a major source of spread of the disease and of individual morbidity and mortality.
A general d...
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Hypogammaglobulinaemia
Hypogammaglobulinaemia is an immune disorder characterized by a reduction in all types of gammaglobulins.
Terminology
While hypogammaglobulinaemia means some loss of gammaglobulins, a total loss is termed agammaglobulinaemia which can occur as an X-linked form (X-linked agammaglobulinemia).
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Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a non-caseating granulomatous multisystem disease with a wide range of clinical and radiographic manifestations.
Individual systemic manifestations are discussed in respective articles:
pulmonary and mediastinal manifestations
cardiac manifestations
musculoskeletal manifest...
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Skull base fungal infection
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13 Dec 2023
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Central nervous system aspergillosis
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17 Nov 2023
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Aspergilloma
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13 Mar 2021
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