Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Aspergillosis

폐국균증의 외과적 치료

  • Published : 1992.06.01

Abstract

Between July 1988 and August 1991, 8 cases of pulmonary resection for pulmonary asp-ergilloma had been performed in the department of thoracic surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital. The patients were consisted of 4 males and 4 females and were evenly distributed from fourth decade to sixth decade. Hemoptysis was the most common chief compla int. In chest roentgenogram, patch infiltration was noted in 4 cases[50%] and intracavi-tary fungus ball was noted in only 2 cases[25%]. A. fumigatus was identified pre-operatively in 2 cases by bronchoscopic washing and in 1 case by culture of pleural effusion, Eight pulmonary resections were done by 5 lobectomies, 1 segmentectomy, 1 wedge resection and 1 pneumonectomy, Postoperative pathologic findings showed that 6 cases [75%] were combined with bronchiectasis, 1 case with tuberculosis and 1 case with pneumonia. We experinced 1 case of postoperative pulmonary edema but there was no mortality case.

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