Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Oxalic acid

IPA in leukaemia

IPA in leukaemia, pt JH

IPA in Bone Marrow Transplant

Nodules and areas of atelectasis are seen at both bases. He later died.

Acute Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in AIDS, pt RP

Further details

It is clearly a relatively small cavitary lesion, and the patient was almost asymptomatic. This response was a ‘stable’ response. The patient was included in the report Denning DW, Lee JY, Hostetler JS, Pappas P, Kauffman CA, Dewsnup DH, Galgiani JN, Graybill JR, Sugar AM, Catanzaro A, Gallis H, Perfect JR, Dockery B, Dismukes WE, Stevens DA, NIAID Mycoses Study Group multicenter trial of oral itraconazole therapy of invasive aspergillosis. Am J Med 1994; 97: 135-144.

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Halo sign in IPA

Halo sign in IPA

Pneumothorax in IPA

Pneumothorax (left) in a leukaemia patient

Air crescent sign, pt CH

Air crescent sign, pt CH

Pulmonary infarction, pt DB

Well demarcated pulmonary infarction is well seen in this close-up of the lung at autopsy in a patient with histologically confirmed invasive aspergillosis. Angio invasion is characteristic of invasive aspergillosis, is associated with a worse prognosis, but is not always seen.

Lung perfusion scan

Lung perfusion scan, pt RR

Patient BA Subacute invasive aspergillosis with anthracosis.

This 83 year old man presented with weight loss to a lung cancer clinic in mid 2003.

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