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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr;64(4):73-76.

Cavitary Lung Lesions in a Difficult-To-Treat Asthma Patient

R Ragesh  1 , Animesh Ray  2 , Agrima Mian  2 , Surabhi Vyas  3 , S K Sharma  2
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Case Reports

Cavitary Lung Lesions in a Difficult-To-Treat Asthma Patient

R Ragesh et al. J Assoc Physicians India. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

We describe an interesting case of severe asthma who was not showing satisfactory response to standard treatment. Investigations revealed him to be suffering from allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). After starting systemic steroids he showed marked improvement initially only to have recurrent symptoms within a year. He was investigated further and found to have chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in the form of chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis (CCPA) and aspergilloma as also the presence of selective IgA deficiency.

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