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Case Reports
. 2018 Mar 19;190(11):E334.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.171483.

Aspergilloma

Arnaud G L'Huillier  1 , Isaac I Bogoch  2
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Case Reports

Aspergilloma

Arnaud G L'Huillier et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
(A) Coronal view of computed tomography scan of the chest of a 72-year-old man with bronchiectasis, showing bilateral large apical cavities (black arrows). The right apical cavity is surrounded by pleural thickening and contains a ground glass opacity and a consolidation (aspergilloma) measuring 6.3 × 5.0 cm (white arrow). (B) Macroscopic aspect of the aspergilloma following right upper lobectomy, showing a mixture of aspergilloma and clotted blood.
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