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Pulmonary aspergillosis - invasive - Symptom
Alternative Names
Aspergillosis - acute invasive
Symptoms:
- Chest pain
- Cough
- Fever
- Joint pain
- Shortness of breath
- Unintentional weight loss
Signs and tests:
Listening to the chest with a stethoscope (auscultation) may reveal crackles or a sound made by the inflamed lining of the lung rubbing against the lung (pleural friction rub).
Tests may include:
- Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and transbronchial biopsy
- CBC
- Chest CT scan
- Chest x-ray
- Open lung biopsy
- Sputum culture and fungal stains
- Reviewed last on: 11/12/2007
- Andrew Schriber, M.D., F.C.C.P., Specialist in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, New Jersey. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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