Pseudomembranous necrotising bronchial aspergillosis complicating chronic airways limitation.
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
Pseudomembranous necrotising bronchial aspergillosis is a variety of invasive aspergillosis found in immunosuppressed patients. A case is presented of a 66 year old woman whose only underlying disease was chronic airways limitation. The pathological findings and clinical implications are discussed.
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