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- Ignasi Garcia-Olivé, Felipe Andreo, Oria Rosiñol, Jose Sanz-Santos, Albert Font, and Eduard Monsó.
- Pulmonology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera del Canyet s/n 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. ignasi.g.olive@gmail.com.
- J Med Case Rep. 2011 Feb 22; 5: 72.
IntroductionBronchial stump aspergillosis is a rare entity characterized by cough and hemoptysis.Case PresentationWe report the case of a 58-year-old Caucasian woman who developed bronchial stump aspergillosis two years after a left upper lobe resection for lung cancer. Bronchial stump aspergillosis was diagnosed as a result of a focus of increased fluorodeoxyglucose activity in a follow-up positron emission tomography and computed tomography scan. She was treated with oral antifungal therapy and presented with good evolution after three months of treatment.ConclusionBronchial stump aspergillosis is an unusual complication after pulmonary resection. Clinicians should be aware of it when a local recurrence of cancer around the bronchial stump is suspected based on a positive positron emission tomography and computed tomography finding.
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