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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Surgical treatment for pulmonary aspergilloma – early and long-term results

Mariusz Kasprzyk
,
Kornel Pieczyński
,
Krystian Mania
,
Piotr Gabryel
,
Cezary Piwkowski
,
Wojciech Dyszkiewicz

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2017; 14 (2): 99-103
Online publish date: 2017/07/05
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Introduction: Pulmonary aspergilloma is a difficult therapeutic problem due to the low effectiveness of conservative treatment and high surgical morbidity.

Aim: To analyze the early and late results of surgical treatment for pulmonary aspergilloma.

Material and methods: From 2005 to 2015, 49 patients were treated surgically for pulmonary aspergilloma. Symptoms occurred in 85.7% of cases, including recurrent hemoptysis in 53%. A history of immunosuppressive therapy or chemotherapy was noted in 24.5% of patients. Complex aspergilloma was diagnosed in 79.6% of cases. Immunological test results were positive in 10.2%, and bronchoalveolar lavage samples were positive for Aspergillus species in 18.5% of cases. In 59.2% of patients, the surgical risk was assessed as ASA 3. Thirty seven patients underwent lobectomy, 3 – pneumonectomy, 7 – wedgeresection, 1 – decortication, and 1 – cavernostomy.

Results: In-hospital mortality was 4.1%. Postoperative complications occurred in 63.3% of patients. The most common complications were: prolonged air leak (26.3%), arrhythmias (20.4%), residual pneumothorax (16.3%), respiratory failure (14.3%), atelectasis (12.3%), and bleeding (12.3%). Of the three patients that underwent pneumonectomy, one died, two required repeat thoracotomy because of bleeding, and all three required prolonged mechanical ventilation. Two patients died during the follow-up period. Aspergilloma did not recur in any of the patients who underwent pulmonary resection.

Conclusions: Due to the high risk of complications, surgical treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma should be restricted to symptomatic patients in whom lobectomy can be performed. The long-term results of surgical treatment are good, preoperative symptoms abate in most patients, and the rate of aspergillosis recurrence is very low.
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pulmonary aspergilloma, hemoptysis, surgical treatment, complications

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