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Pulmonary aspergillosis presenting with recurrent haemoptysis

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Pulmonary aspergillosis presents with a variety of clinical forms including invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, chronic
necrotising aspergillosis, aspergilloma, chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis and allergic bronchopulmonary
aspergillosis. Haemoptysis is a devastating complication of pulmonary aspergillosis and a common indication for
surgery. We report a case of a 54-year-old man with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus,
who presented with productive cough and haemoptysis for 2 months. Chest CT revealed a 30 mm diameter soft
tissue mass in the upper lobe of the right lung

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English

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Respiratory system

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BMJ Case Rep 2015.

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