A Rare Case of Intracavitary Fungus Ball (Aspergilloma) in the Old Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Introduction: Pulmonary fungus ball is a rare complication in pre-existing pulmonary cavitary lesions, due to some chronic pulmonary diseases including tuberculosis, lung abscess and sarcoidosis. Fungus ball is mostly caused by aspergillus. In many patients, fungus ball is asymptomatic, but in a sig...
Main Authors: | MM Majzoobi, HR Ghasemibasir, H Golmohammadi, F Torkaman Asadi, H Nazeri |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | fas |
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Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
2017-06-01
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Series: | پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا |
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Online Access: | http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-1462-en.html |
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