A Case of Bronchocentric Granulomatosis Associated with Aspergillus.

Kim, Yang Ki; Jun, Ki Won; Kim, Chul; Kim, Ki Up; Ki, Shin Young; Uh, Soo Taek; Kim, Yong Hoon; Park, Chun Sik

doi:1998.45.6.1290

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 45(6); 1998 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1998;45(6):1290-1297.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1998.45.6.1290 Published online December 1, 1998.

A Case of Bronchocentric Granulomatosis Associated with Aspergillus.

Yang Ki Kim, Ki Won Jun, Chul Kim, Ki Up Kim, Shin Young Ki, Soo Taek Uh, Yong Hoon Kim, Chun Sik Park

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Bronchocentric granulomatosis(BCG), first defined in 1973, consists of granulomatous replacement of bronchial mucous membrane, often with heavy eosinophilic reaction within and about the involved bronchi. Etiologic factors are from hypersensitivity reaction for aspergillus, most often from idiopathic form, and in others from being associated with mycobacterium, ecchinococcus, rheumatoid disease, ankylosing spodylitis, and glomerulonephritis. Diagnosis is responsible only for pathologic findings and, in many cases, is confirmed in postoperative findings with misleading for tumor, tuberculosis, infectious or Wegener's granulomatosis. We report a case of bronchocentric granulomatosis associated with aspergillus.

Key Words: Bronchocentric granulomatosis, Eosinophil, Aspergillus, Hypersensitivity reaction