Bronchial asthma with ABPA presenting as PTE

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), as a complication of asthma, is rare in children. The persistent and poorly-controlled asthma leading to cor pulmonale is not uncommon in adults but rarely described in the pediatric age group. Here, we report a case of asthma and ABPA complicated by p...

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Main Authors: Azad, Chandrika, Jat, Kana R., Aggarwal, Purnima
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777376/
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spelling pubmed-37773762013-09-30 Bronchial asthma with ABPA presenting as PTE Azad, Chandrika Jat, Kana R. Aggarwal, Purnima Case Report Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), as a complication of asthma, is rare in children. The persistent and poorly-controlled asthma leading to cor pulmonale is not uncommon in adults but rarely described in the pediatric age group. Here, we report a case of asthma and ABPA complicated by pulmonary thrombo-embolism and cor pulmonale. To the best of our knowledge, such association has never been reported in the pediatric age group. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3777376/ /pubmed/24082619 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.117078 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Azad, Chandrika
Jat, Kana R.
Aggarwal, Purnima
spellingShingle Azad, Chandrika
Jat, Kana R.
Aggarwal, Purnima
Bronchial asthma with ABPA presenting as PTE
author_facet Azad, Chandrika
Jat, Kana R.
Aggarwal, Purnima
author_sort Azad, Chandrika
title Bronchial asthma with ABPA presenting as PTE
title_short Bronchial asthma with ABPA presenting as PTE
title_full Bronchial asthma with ABPA presenting as PTE
title_fullStr Bronchial asthma with ABPA presenting as PTE
title_full_unstemmed Bronchial asthma with ABPA presenting as PTE
title_sort bronchial asthma with abpa presenting as pte
description Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), as a complication of asthma, is rare in children. The persistent and poorly-controlled asthma leading to cor pulmonale is not uncommon in adults but rarely described in the pediatric age group. Here, we report a case of asthma and ABPA complicated by pulmonary thrombo-embolism and cor pulmonale. To the best of our knowledge, such association has never been reported in the pediatric age group.
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
publishDate 2013
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777376/
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