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ArticleRespirology case reports2024

Unravelling lung adenocarcinoma in an immunocompetent patient with endobronchial aspergilloma: A case report.

Khai Lip Ng, Nai-Chien Huan, Wei Loon Tan, Nur Husna Mohd Aminudin, Fazilah Hassan, Kasuma Mohamed Nordin

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  1. Global trends, risk factors, and therapeutic associations of fungal pulmonary infections in lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2025
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  2. Endobronchial Aspergilloma.Respirology case reports · 2025
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6 authors.

Khai Lip NgDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine Melaka Hospital Melaka Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9868-1398
Nai-Chien HuanDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kota Kinabalu Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2671-4189
Wei Loon TanDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine Melaka Hospital Melaka Malaysia.
Nur Husna Mohd AminudinDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine Melaka Hospital Melaka Malaysia.
Fazilah HassanDepartment of Pathology Melaka Hospital Melaka Malaysia.
Kasuma Mohamed NordinDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine Melaka Hospital Melaka Malaysia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhalation of Aspergillus spp. can cause a wide spectrum of lung diseases. Endobronchial aspergilloma is an uncommon clinical entity that occurs because of Aspergillus spp. overgrowth in the airway lumen. We present a 73-year-old gentleman with a rare dual pathology of endobronchial aspergilloma and endobronchial adenocarcinoma. He initially presented with prolonged cough, dyspnoea, and haemoptysis. Bronchoscopy revealed an obstructed right main bronchus by a necrotic mass whereby histological examination showed evidence of Aspergillus spp. infection. The lesion however persisted despite treatment with anti-fungal agents. Repeated bronchoscopy and biopsy eventually unravelled an underlying endobronchial adenocarcinoma. He received chemotherapy but ultimately passed away 3 months later.

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endobronchial aspergillomaimmunocompetentlung adenocarcinoma

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PMID38860178
PMCPMC11164568

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