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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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A rare case report of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with active pulmonary tuberculosis
Deependra Kumar Rai1, Sudhir Kumar2, Subhash Kumar3
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Chest Superspeciality Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India
2 Director, Ramkrishna Chest Superspeciality Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India
3 Department of Radiology, AIIMS Patna, Bihar, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Deependra Kumar Rai
Additional Professor & Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar
India
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DOI: 10.4103/amhs.amhs_188_20
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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a disorder caused by a hypersensitivity reaction to antigens of Aspergillus fumigatus and is commonly seen in patients suffering from bronchial asthma or cystic fibrosis. ABPA in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis a rare finding because tuberculosis, being very common in this part of the world, often masks the clinical features of ABPA. A high index of suspicion is thus necessary to confirm the presence of the latter in patients with atypical presentations. We wish to report two such cases, in which ABPA was diagnosed while the patient was receiving anti-tubercular therapy.
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