Pleuropulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient presenting as pleural-based peripheral lung mass: A sporadic occurrence

Abstract

The importance of knowledge about pulmonary aspergillosis has increased immensely in the era of COVID-19 as a significant number of post-COVID patients develop lung infection with aspergillosis, an entity called COVID-associated pulmonary aspergillosis producing increasing morbidity and mortality. In this case report, we describe an immunocompetent elderly man presenting with a peripheral lung mass, suspected to have lung malignancy which turned out later to be pleuropulmonary aspergillosis.

Keywords

• aspergillosis
• invasive
• pulmonary