{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,9]],"date-time":"2026-10-09T15:00:55Z","timestamp":1791558055093,"version":"4.3.4"},"reference-count":14,"publisher":"Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":["lww.com","ovid.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2016,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Background:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Aspergillus fumigatus<\/jats:italic>\n                      is a saprophytic fungus which colonizes in the cavitary lesions in the lungs. In our part of the world, where tuberculosis is endemic, the healed tubercular cavities form a good nidus for this fungus. The fungus forms a fungal ball or aspergilloma within the cavity, which erodes the walls of the cavity and causes hemoptysis by erosion of the bronchial vessels. Hemoptysis is the main symptom. Antifungal agents are not useful against the fungal ball. Surgery in the form of lobectomy is the primary treatment. Surgery for aspergilloma is known to be risky because of intra-pleural adhesions, obliteration of the interlobar fissures, massive hemorrhage during dissection and poor pulmonary reserve of the patient due to the underlying disease.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Clinical presentation, radiological investigations, operative techniques, postoperative outcome, and follow-up of 24 cases of pulmonary aspergilloma treated surgically were studied prospectively between August 2010 and July 2013 at IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There were 15 male (62.5%) and 9 female (37.5%) patients. Mean age of the study population was 34.54 years. All the patients had complex aspergilloma. Tuberculosis was the underlying disease in 22 patients (91%). Hemoptysis was the main symptom in 79.16% cases. Chest X-ray was the first investigation, which gave a clue to the diagnosis. Computed tomography scan was diagnostic in all cases. Lobectomy was done in 16 patients (66.67%). There was one mortality and the overall complication was 33.33%. The average follow-up period was 21.65 months, during which there was no mortality and no recurrence of hemoptysis in these patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Though surgery for aspergilloma is considered to be risky, excision of the cavity along with the involved lobe can be done with acceptable morbidity and mortality to provide the patient complete cure and symptom-free survival.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/0970-2113.173077","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,4]],"date-time":"2016-01-04T05:45:14Z","timestamp":1451886314000},"page":"9-13","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Surgical treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis: A single center experience"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Biswajeet","family":"Mohapatra","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Poornima","family":"Sivakumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Subhankar","family":"Bhattacharya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Santanu","family":"Dutta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-20251007","first-page":"201","article-title":"Prevalence of aspergillosis in chronic lung diseases","volume":"19","author":"Shahid","year":"2001","journal-title":"Indian J Med Microbiol"},{"key":"R2-20251007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1159","DOI":"10.1016\/0003-4975(92)90086-J","article-title":"Pleuropulmonary aspergilloma: Clinical spectrum and results of surgical treatment","volume":"54","author":"Massard","year":"1992","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"key":"R3-20251007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"335","DOI":"10.1016\/S0007-0971(60)80067-8","article-title":"Surgery in broncho-pulmonary aspergillosis","volume":"54","author":"Belcher","year":"1960","journal-title":"Br J Dis Chest"},{"key":"R4-20251007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"407","DOI":"10.1177\/021849230601400512","article-title":"Analysis of surgical treatment for pulmonary aspergilloma","volume":"14","author":"Demir","year":"2006","journal-title":"Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann"},{"key":"R5-20251007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"227","DOI":"10.1016\/0041-3879(70)90015-2","article-title":"British Thoracic and Tuberculosis Association. 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