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Case Reports
. 1993 Mar;103(3):960-1.
doi: 10.1378/chest.103.3.960.

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis presenting as massive hemoptysis in a nonimmunocompromised host

J Athayde  1 , E T Shore
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis presenting as massive hemoptysis in a nonimmunocompromised host

J Athayde et al. Chest. 1993 Mar.

Abstract

An 83-year-old nonimmunocompromised man presented with hemoptysis that progressed to respiratory failure and death. Bronchoscopic cultures grew Aspergillus fumigatus antemortem and an autopsy confirmed multiple abscesses with Aspergillus confined to the lung.

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