Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

What it means

Infection of the lungs with aspergillus. In the respiratory mucosa, the spores may germinate into hyphae, which in turn can invade the mucosa leading to invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis usually occurs in severely immunocompromised patients. Classic at-risk patients are those with prolonged neutropenia, either due to chemotherapy or immunosuppressive therapy, post hematopoietic stem cell transplant (SCT), or solid organ transplant.

Rare diseases that can present with this1

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

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