Date: 27 January 2014
Copyright:
Fungal Research Trust
Notes:
This 73 year old patient with CPA in right upper lobe and COPD who was also a heavy smoker, showed evidence of finger clubbing ( A,B,C). He has been on long term itraconazole, in 1990 he had an oesophagectomy for cancer of the oesophagus. Finger clubbing is an uncommon symptom only seen in advanced or chronic disease. D, chest X ray there are background changes nof COPD with loss of volume in the right hemithorax and a right apical cavititating lesion.
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4 Total obstruction of the sinuses due to inflamed mucosa. (Patient 04)
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1 Axial computed tomography (CT) scans of the frontal sinus.
A: due to the long lasting pressure of mucus, the bone of the anterior wall of frontal sinus is thinned out and elevated anteriorly, forming a bulge. B: same situation as depicted in fig A: the posterior bony wall of frontal sinus is thinned out and extremely elevated posteriorly towards the frontal lobe of the brain. As depicted on the scan, a thin bony layer covering the dura could be recognized intraoperatively
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2 Same patient as 1 and 3, frontal CT
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D. 6 months later, tenacious yellow secretions in L basal bronchial division
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C. After suction the material was seen to extend distally – obstructing the right basal stem bronchus
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B. After suction the material was seen to extend distally – obstructing the right basal stem bronchus
