Open AccessSurgical management of pulmonary aspergilloma—12 years’ experience from a tertiary care centre in India
Author(s) -
Sameer Mallampati,
Nishok David,
Vinay Murahari Rao,
Santhosh Regini Benjamin,
Birla Roy Gnanamuthu,
Aamir Mohammad,
Rijoy Kolakkada Panakkada
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-021-01181-6
Subject(s) - aspergilloma , medicine , cardiothoracic surgery , surgery , pulmonary tuberculosis , cardiac surgery , tuberculosis , vascular surgery , comorbidity , lung , pathology
Pulmonary aspergilloma is the formation of saprophytic colonies of fungus in pre-existing pulmonary cavities. They may cause life-threatening haemoptysis. As medical treatment often fails, surgery is the mainstay of treatment in symptomatic patients. Earlier studies had reported high levels of mortality and morbidity with surgery while more recent studies have shown better results. Hence, being in a large tertiary care centre in India, we decided to analyse the details of our own experience in the surgical management of pulmonary aspergilloma.