Cystic Bronchiectasis Imitating Pulmonary Aspergilloma

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 129; no. 17; pp. 2137 - 2138
• Main Authors: Shao, Hong-Xia, Ning, Hui, Li, Li, Wu, Qi, Wang, Yong-Mei, Xing, Zhi-Heng, Wang, Cheng-Zhi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Wolters Kluwer - Medknow Publications 05.09.2016; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Haihe Hospital, Tianjin 300350, China%Department of Basic Medicine, Tianjin Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Tianjin 300350, China; Department of Pathology, Tianjin Haihe Hospital, Tianjin 300350, China%Department of Basic Medicine, Tianjin Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Tianjin 300350, China; Department of Respiratory, Tianjin Haihe Hospital, Tianjin 300350, China; Department of Radiology, Tianjin Haihe Hospital, Tianjin 300350, China; Department of Basic Medicine, Tianjin Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Tianjin 300350, China%Department of Basic Medicine, Tianjin Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Tianjin 300350, China; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: Aged; Analysis; Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use; Bronchiectasis; Bronchiectasis - diagnosis; Bronchiectasis - drug therapy; CAT scans; Correspondence; Diagnosis; Female; Hemorrhage; Humans; Pulmonary Aspergillosis - diagnosis; Pulmonary Aspergillosis - drug therapy; Risk factors; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Voriconazole - therapeutic use; 冠心病; 呼吸困难; 咳嗽; 支气管; 模拟; 肺; 菌球; 阵发性; @@
• ISSN: 0366-6999; 2542-5641
• DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.189051

To the Editor： A 65-year-old female patient presented with the complaints of hemoptysis and the left upper chest pain for about 1 week. The medical history revealed coronary heart disease and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, smoking for about 40 years, no drinking, and no special contact history. There was a prior history of chronic cough without dyspnea or hemoptysis for about 20 years.