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KMID : 0364019920250060611
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1992 Volume.25 No. 6 p.611 ~ p.615
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Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Aspergillosis
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여승동
김효윤/박승준/조재일/심영목
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Abstract
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Between July 1998 and August 1991, 8 cases of pulmonary resection for pulmonary aspergilloma had been performed in the department of thoracic surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital.
The patients were consisted of 4 males and 4 females and were evenly distributed from fourth decade to sixth decade. Hemoptysis was the most common chief complaint. In chest roentgenogram, patch infiltration was noted in 4 cases(50%) and
intracavitary
fungus ball was noted in only 2 cases(25%). A fumigatus was identified preoperatively in 2 cases by bronchoscopic washing and in 1 case by culture of pleural effusion. Eight pumonary resections were done by 5 lobectomies, 1 segmentectomy, 1 wedge
resection and 1 pneumonectomy. Postoperative pathologic findings showed that 6 cases(75%) were combined with bronchiectasis, 1 cases with tuberculosis and 1 case with pneumonia. We experinced 1 case postoperative pumonary edema but there was no
mortality case.
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