Abstract
IntroductionBronchial stump aspergillosis is a rare entity characterized by cough and hemoptysis.Case presentationWe report the case of a 58-year-old Caucasian woman who developed bronchial stump aspergillosis two years after a left upper lobe resection for lung cancer. Bronchial stump aspergillosis was diagnosed as a result of a focus of increased fluorodeoxyglucose activity in a follow-up positron emission tomography and computed tomography scan. She was treated with oral antifungal therapy and presented with good evolution after three months of treatment.ConclusionBronchial stump aspergillosis is an unusual complication after pulmonary resection. Clinicians should be aware of it when a local recurrence of cancer around the bronchial stump is suspected based on a positive positron emission tomography and computed tomography finding.
Highlights
Bronchial stump aspergillosis is a rare entity characterized by cough and hemoptysis.Case presentation: We report the case of a 58-year-old Caucasian woman who developed bronchial stump aspergillosis two years after a left upper lobe resection for lung cancer
Bronchial stump aspergillosis is an unusual complication after pulmonary resection
Clinicians should be aware of it when a local recurrence of cancer around the bronchial stump is suspected based on a positive positron emission tomography and computed tomography finding
Summary
BSA is rare, clinicians should be aware of this unusual complication after pulmonary resection when local recurrence of cancer around the bronchial stump is suspected based on a positive PET-CT finding. 2. Noppen M, Claes I, Maillet B, Meysman M, Monsieur I, Vincken W: Three cases of bronchial stump aspergillosis: unusual clinical presentations and beneficial effect of oral itraconazole. 9. Franzius C, Biermann M, Hülskamp G, Frosch M, Roth J, Sciuk J, Schober O: Therapy monitoring in aspergillosis using F-18 FDG positron emission tomography. Doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-72 Cite this article as: Garcia-Olivé et al.: Bronchial stump aspergillosis after lobectomy for lung cancer as an unusual cause of false positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography: a case report.
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