Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (대한결핵및호흡기학회)
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A Case of Chronic Necrotizing Pulmonary Aspergillosis Obscured by Cavitary Pulmonary Tuberculosis

공동성 폐결핵으로 오인된 만성 괴사성 폐 아스페르길루스증 1예

  • Min, Joo-Won (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yoon, Young Soon (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Jong Sun (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Hye-Ryoun (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Rhee, Ji young (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yoo, Chul-Gyu (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Young Whan (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Han, Sung Koo (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Shim, Young-Soo (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yim, Jae-Joon (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • 민주원 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 의학연구원 폐연구소) ;
  • 윤영순 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 의학연구원 폐연구소) ;
  • 박종선 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 의학연구원 폐연구소) ;
  • 김혜련 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 의학연구원 폐연구소) ;
  • 이지영 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 의학연구원 폐연구소) ;
  • 유철규 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 의학연구원 폐연구소) ;
  • 김영환 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 의학연구원 폐연구소) ;
  • 한성구 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 의학연구원 폐연구소) ;
  • 심영수 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 의학연구원 폐연구소) ;
  • 임재준 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 의학연구원 폐연구소)
  • Received : 2007.07.25
  • Accepted : 2007.08.31
  • Published : 2007.10.30
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Abstract

Pulmonary cavities are caused by bacterial pneumonia, fungal diseases, lung cancer, and tuberculosis (TB). However, in Korea, patients with cavitary lung lesions are generally considered to have pulmonary TB, where the incidence of TB is approximately 70/100,000 per year. We report a case of chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis that was obscured by multidrug-resistant pulmonary TB.

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