ReviewLung2018
Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases Causing the Air Crescent Sign: A State-of-the-Art Review.
Review in Lung, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Rasmussen's aneurysm.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2025Article
- Unusual Air Crescents on Chest Radiographs.Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · 2024Article
- Atypical imaging patterns during lung invasive mould diseases: lessons for clinicians.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023Review
- Cavitary lung metastases of mixed metaplastic breast cancer mimicking aspergilloma.Thoracic cancer · 2023Article
- Pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib in advanced endometrial cancer: case report and systematic review of lung toxicity.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- The air crescent sign.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2022Article
- Air Crescent Sign in Fast-Responding Lung Metastases.Radiology. Imaging cancer · 2022Article
- Clinical and Computed Tomography Characteristics of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Caused by Fungi: A Comparative Study.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- A diabetic lady with difficulty in breathing.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2021Article
- A Schizophyllum commune fungus ball in a lung cancer cavity: a case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Giant Rasmussen's aneurysm.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2021Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Aspergilloma, also known as mycetoma or fungus ball, is characterized by a round or oval mass with soft-tissue attenuation within a preexisting lung cavity. The typical computed tomography (CT) aspect of an aspergilloma is a mass separated from the wall of the cavity by an airspace of variable size and shape, resulting in the air crescent sign, also known as the meniscus sign. This CT feature is non-specific and can be simulated by several other entities that result in intracavitary masses. This review describes the main clinical and imaging aspects of the infectious and non-infectious diseases that may present with fungus-ball appearance, including pulmonary hydatid cyst, Rasmussen aneurysm, pulmonary gangrene, intracavitary clot, textiloma, lung cancer, metastasis, and teratoma, focusing on the differential diagnosis.
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