Surgical treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma

• Autor(a) principal: Ruiz Júnior, Raul Lopes [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Frederico Henrique Sobral de [UNESP], Piotto, Bruno Luiz Burgos [UNESP], Muniz, Felipe Antunes e Silva de Souza Lopes [UNESP], Cataneo, Daniele Cristina [UNESP], Cataneo, Antonio José Maria [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132010000600016; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/26969
• topic: Pulmonary aspergillosis; Tuberculosis, pulmonary; Thoracic surgery; Aspergilose pulmonar; Tuberculose pulmonar; Cirurgia torácica

The objective of this study was to analyze the outcome of surgical treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma. To that end, we evaluated 14 adult patients so treated between 1981 and 2009 at the Botucatu School of Medicine University Hospital, in the city of Botucatu, Brazil. Data were collected from the medical records of the patients. Ten patients (71%) presented with simple pulmonary aspergilloma, and 4 (29%) presented with complex pulmonary aspergilloma. Hemoptysis was the most common symptom, and tuberculosis was the most prevalent preexisting lung disease. Two patients (14%) underwent surgery on more than one occasion. There were no intraoperative deaths. Half of the patients developed postoperative complications, prolonged air leak and empyema being the most common.