Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Mimicking Lung Cancer: A Case Report

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2023 Sep 18

PMID 37719608

Authors

Alejandro J Torre-De Leon

Herik Valles-Bastidas

Horiana B Grosu

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Abstract

Patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), a hypersensitivity reaction to , typically present with asthma; the common imaging findings are central bronchiectasis, mucoid impaction, and tree-in-bud opacities. In this report, we discuss the case of a heavy smoker who presented with a large pulmonary mass that was initially presumed to be primary lung cancer and who was ultimately diagnosed with ABPA, which responded favorably to steroid treatment.

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