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Fungus ball; Mycetoma; Aspergilloma
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Aspergillomas are formed when the fungus aspergillus grows in a clump in a lung cavity, or invades previously healthy tissue, causing an abscess.
Fungus ball; Mycetoma; Aspergilloma
References
Patterson TF. Aspergillus species. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2005: chap 256.
Alternate Names : Fungus ball, Mycetoma, Aspergilloma
Definition
Pulmonary aspergilloma is a mass caused by a fungal infection that usually grows in lung cavities. It can also appear in the brain, kidney, or other organs.
mycetoma
masi tm noun same as maduromycosis myco myco mak prefix referring to fungus
Mycobacterium ...
Mycetoma
Mycetoma is a painless swelling caused by infection from Eumycetes becoming matted together with soft body tissues.
Mycetoma, the Madura foot of India, is a disease very similar to actinomycosis, and, like that disease, is produced by a somewhat characteristic streptothrix.
Definition Mycetoma, or maduromycosis, is a slow-growing bacterial or fungal infection focused in one area of the body, usually the foot.
Fungus ball; Mycetoma; Aspergilloma
Causes
Aspergillomas are formed when the fungus aspergillus grows in a clump in a lung cavity, or invades previously healthy tissue, causing an abscess.
Vincent's white mycetoma
medical dictionary
Mycetoma caused by Actinomadura madurae and occurring in North Africa, India, the Argentine, and Cuba.
a fungus ball or mycetoma caused by one of the aspergillus species which infect humans. Among the common varieties are A. fumigatus and A. niger.
Nocardia asteroides (Cladothrix asteroides Eppinger 1891) Blanchard 1896 (nocardiosis, actinomycetoma)
Nocardia brasiliensis (Discomyces brasiliensis Lindenberg 1909) Pinoy 1913 (nocardiosis, actinomycetoma) ...
Candidiasis (Oral candidiasis) - Chromoblastomycosis - Aspergillosis - Cryptococcosis - Phycomycosis/Mucormycosis - Mycetoma (Eumycetoma, Maduromycosis, Actinomycetoma) - Lobo's disease - Pneumocystis pneumonia ...
They may appear as firm cellulitis, a lymphocutaneous syndrome, or an actinomycetoma. The lymphocutaneous syndrome consists of a primary pyoderma lesion and lymphatic nodules resembling sporotrichosis.
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AllRefer Health - Pulmonary Aspergilloma (Mycetoma) (Aspergilloma, Fungus Ball, Mycetoma)
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Mycology Online -- Aspergillosis ...
Pulmonary actinomycosis
Pulmonary aspergilloma (mycetoma)
Pulmonary aspergillosis (invasive type)
Pulmonary histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)
Pulmonary nocardiosis
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Sarcoidosis
SVC obstruction ...
In rare instances, an infected hair follicle may rupture and spread organisms to tissue beneath the skin (subcutaneous tissue) producing a firm, sometimes painful nodule known as a "pseudomycetoma".
Multifocal fibrosclerosis ... claudication
Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal recessive, type 2E ... cardiomyopathy
Myasthenia Gravis ... limb paralysis
Mycetoma ... muscle infection, muscle complications ...
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 See also: Abscess, Cancer, Kidney, Mycosis, Fever
  
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