Bronchopulmonary oxalosis revealing pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report
Soufiane Abdouh, Mouad Gourti, Imane Sellam, Mohsine Makloul, El Mehdi Maidi · 2026
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Soufiane Abdouh and colleagues present a 2026 case report on a lung lesion that misled doctors in Morocco. Their patient was a 19-year-old woman with six months of chest pain, breathlessness, fever, and cough. She had no immune weakness or known lung disease. Scans showed a thin-walled cyst in her right lung holding air and fluid, which looked like a parasitic hydatid cyst.
Surgeons removed the lesion. Tissue study found masses of calcium oxalate crystals, a sign left by certain Aspergillus molds that make oxalic acid. The real diagnosis was pulmonary aspergillosis, a fungal infection, with heavy crystal deposits called oxalosis. Tests for parasites and tuberculosis had been negative. The authors urge doctors to consider this fungus when crystals appear in odd lung cysts.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Soufiane Abdouh, Mouad Gourti, Imane Sellam, Mohsine Makloul, El Mehdi Maidi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10390 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |